Mudcat Café message #2320090

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Thread #110525 Message #2320090
Posted By: glueman
19-Apr-08 - 12:52 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Miss Joan Hunter Dunn -Betjeman poem subject
Subject: RE: Obit: Miss Joan Hunter Dunn -Betjeman poem subject

Betjeman is much darker than he appears. His poetry sends himself and class aspiration up. A modernist turned revivalist and very much an outsider.