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Dominance, subversion and desire - Betjeman's poetry.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Dec2007 (Volume) 38
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject Poetry
Page 29-31
Authors Halifax, Deborah
Contents

Betjeman is often associated with a particular type of Englishness: patriotic, nostalgic, eccentric - a world of cricket and afternoon teas. But do the poems also contain darker, more troubling elements? The author believes they do.

Keywords
British culture     John Betjeman     Poems     Poetry