First and Last Loves

Informationen zum Autor Poet and architectural critic, Sir John Betjeman was born in North London in 1906. He was taught by T S Eliot at Highgate Junior School and was rusticated from Magdalen College Oxford for failing Divinity. He published several poetry collections, including New Bats in Old Belfries and A Few Late Chrysanthemums , and several works on architecture. His Collected Poems was published in 1958 and the first edition sold over 100,000 copies. He was knighted in 1969 and appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. He died in Cornwall in 1984. Klappentext A collection of the author's essays on architecture. It discusses a range of topics including conservation battles! modern architecture and the author's passion for railways. Zusammenfassung A collection of the author's essays on architecture. It discusses a range of topics including conservation battles, modern architecture and the author's passion for railways.

Product details

• Authors: John Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman, BETJEMAN JOHN
• Assisted by: Joh Betjeman (Editor), John Betjeman (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2008
• EAN: 9780571245697
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24569-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / General, Literary essays, Architecture; Faber Finds; Heritage; Railways