John Betjeman and Cornwall

Klappentext Quintessentially English! Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a `foreigner'. And yet! as this book describes! Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of `Cornishness'! cultivating an alternative Celtic identity! and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Zusammenfassung Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a ‘foreigner’. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of ‘Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Payton, Prof. Philip Payton
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2010
• EAN: 9780859898478
• ISBN: 978-0-85989-847-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies