Poems in the porch : the radio poems of John Betjeman / edited by Kevin J. Gardner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardner, Kevin J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian poetry, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book represent a genuine and important discovery in the canon of Betjeman's poems, often considered closed with the publication of the Complete Poems . Between 1953-57, John Betjeman read a series of poems on The Faith in the West program airing on the BBC's West of England Home Service. This series, called Poems in the Porch , was so popular that Betjeman received constant requests to publish the poems. Although he deprecatingly referred to the poems as mere 'verses', Betjeman at last capitulated to the public. The result was a slim volume of six poems, entitled Poems in the Porch. What f

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Diary of a Church Mouse; Electric Light and Heating; Christmas; Blame the Vicar; Septuagesima; Churchyards; The Friends of the Cathedral; The Bishop; Advent Bells; The Conversion of St Paul; The Lenten Season; The Parochial Church Council; Sunday Morning; Advent 1955; The Nativity Play; Three Crosses; Honest Doubt; St Petroc; Not Necessarily Leeds; The St Paul's Appeal; The Visiting Vicar; God Bless the Church of England; APPENDIX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-87458-6

9786612874581

1-4411-4432-3

OCLC:

682540796