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Betjeman: Writing the Public Life

Betjeman: Writing the Public Life

Gardner, Kevin J.

Hardcover

Series: Making of the Christian Imagination

Literary CriticismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1602582548
ISBN13: 9781602582545
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: Sep 3 2010
Pages: 254
Weight: 1.27
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.80 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

A household name in Great Britain, John Betjeman was a public literary figure who openly declared his Christian faith and championed the social and aesthetic joys of Anglicanism as unique to English identity. Through poetry in newspapers and on radio and television broadcasts, Betjeman celebrated the cultural significance of the Church of England well beyond its religious role. Although a steadfast proponent for Christianity and the Church, Gardner explains, Betjeman nevertheless struggled mightily to believe the faith, and he was forthcoming with his own spiritual failures. In this master study of his writings, Gardner deems Betjeman to be the poet of the Church of England--and demonstrates his works to be a vital part of Anglicanism's living traditions.

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