John Betjeman and Cornwall: ',The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist',
Autor Philip Paytonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2010
Quintessentially English, Sir John Betjeman was an outsider in England and doubly so in his adopted home of Cornwall, where, as he was the first to admit, he was a foreigner. Nonetheless, as this book describes, the former Poet Laureate strove to acquire a veneer of Cornishness, discovering his own Welsh ancestry and cultivating an alternative Celtic identity that he wove during sojourns in Ireland, the other Celtic countries, and even Australia. Here eminent Cornish studies scholar Philip Payton provides a lively new account of the life of one of Britain’s most beloved poets, offering new insights into his work and his defining lifelong relationship with Cornwall.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780859898485
ISBN-10: 0859898482
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 12 halftones
Dimensiuni: 159 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER PRESS
Colecția University of Exeter Press
ISBN-10: 0859898482
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 12 halftones
Dimensiuni: 159 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER PRESS
Colecția University of Exeter Press
Notă biografică
Philip Payton is professor of Cornish and Australian studies and director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Preface
Preamble: 'The Sky Widens to a Sense of Cornwall'
1. 'That Bold Coast-line Where he was Not Born': John Betjeman as 'foreigner'
2. 'Into Betjemanland': Imagining North Cornwall
3. 'The Oldest Part of Cornwall': Hawker, Baring-Gould and 'Betjeman Country'
4. 'Caverns of Light revealed the Holy Grail': Betjeman and The Secret Glory
5. 'A Longing for Ireland': Séan O'Betjemán and the 'Anglo-Celtic Muse'
6. 'I'm Free! I'm Free!": Cornwall as Liberation
7. 'Jan Trebetjeman, The Cornish Clot': John Betjeman Goes Native
Epilogue: 'When People talk to me about "The British" . . . I Give Up'
Notes
Further Reading
Index
Preface
Preamble: 'The Sky Widens to a Sense of Cornwall'
1. 'That Bold Coast-line Where he was Not Born': John Betjeman as 'foreigner'
2. 'Into Betjemanland': Imagining North Cornwall
3. 'The Oldest Part of Cornwall': Hawker, Baring-Gould and 'Betjeman Country'
4. 'Caverns of Light revealed the Holy Grail': Betjeman and The Secret Glory
5. 'A Longing for Ireland': Séan O'Betjemán and the 'Anglo-Celtic Muse'
6. 'I'm Free! I'm Free!": Cornwall as Liberation
7. 'Jan Trebetjeman, The Cornish Clot': John Betjeman Goes Native
Epilogue: 'When People talk to me about "The British" . . . I Give Up'
Notes
Further Reading
Index
Recenzii
“This will clearly do for Cornwall and Betjeman what [Payton’s] earlier work did for Cornwall and Rowse. . . . It is a terrific subject, and Payton promises once again to be so original and perceptive.”—David Cannadine, University of London
“All Betjeman addicts should add this to their Christmas list.”
"John Betjeman and Cornwall is a brilliant assessment of Betjeman’s Cornish imagination and an important contribution to the ongoing scholarly re-evaluation of Betjeman."