BECKONING THE WORLD TO BECOME ANGLICAN: JOHN BETJEMAN
By Roger Salter
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
December 17, 2013
Sir John Betjeman was deservedly the most popular English poet of the 20th century. With Alfred Lord Tennyson he ranked equally as most conspicuous and beloved of Britain's Poet Laureates over the last two hundred years. A man of the media (radio, television, and obviously print), he loved the adulation of the people and delighted the nation with charm, humor, and pathos. A champion of things Victorian he guided his admirers to an intelligent appreciation of all that was fine and deserving of preservation in English culture, custom, and especially in the area of architecture.
Betjeman was a complicated character - amusing, amorous (I am weak for your loveliness, Joan Hunter Dunn), anxious, and Anglo-Catholic.
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By Roger Salter
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
December 17, 2013
Sir John Betjeman was deservedly the most popular English poet of the 20th century. With Alfred Lord Tennyson he ranked equally as most conspicuous and beloved of Britain's Poet Laureates over the last two hundred years. A man of the media (radio, television, and obviously print), he loved the adulation of the people and delighted the nation with charm, humor, and pathos. A champion of things Victorian he guided his admirers to an intelligent appreciation of all that was fine and deserving of preservation in English culture, custom, and especially in the area of architecture.Betjeman was a complicated character - amusing, amorous (I am weak for your loveliness, Joan Hunter Dunn), anxious, and Anglo-Catholic.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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