John Betjeman by Dennis Brown

John Betjeman by Dennis Brown

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Dennis Brown’s book assesses Sir John Betjeman’s contribution to poetry in the light of the way that his key themes have specific relevance to postmodern and environmental concerns, emphasising its ironic self-reflexivity, its rendering of Englishness and a ‘soft’ masculinity, and its ecumenical Christian tolerance.

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John Betjeman by Dennis Brown

Dennis Browns book assesses Sir John Betjemans contribution to poetry in the light of the way that his key themes have specific relevance to postmodern and environmental concerns, emphasising its ironic self-reflexivity, its rendering of Englishness and a soft masculinity, and its ecumenical Christian tolerance.
Dennis Brown is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Hertfordshire. He has taught extensively across the range of literature but specialising in the twentieth century period. His books include: The Modernist Self in Twentieth-Century English Literature (1989); The Poetry of Postmodernity (1994).
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ISBN 13 9780746308950
ISBN 10 0746308957
Title John Betjeman
Author Dennis Brown
Series Writers And Their Work
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Liverpool University Press
Year published 1999-06-01
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.