John Betjeman and Cornwall (Web PDF) von Philip Payton

Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a ‘foreigner’. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of ‘Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition.

List of Illustrations

Preface

Preamble: 'The Sky Widens to a Sense of Cornwall'

1.  'That Bold Coast-line Where he was Not Born': John Betjeman as 'foreigner'

2.  'Into Betjemanland': Imagining North Cornwall

3.  'The Oldest Part of Cornwall': Hawker, Baring-Gould and 'Betjeman Country'

4.  'Caverns of Light revealed the Holy Grail': Betjeman and The Secret Glory

5.  'A Longing for Ireland': Sean O'Betjeman and the 'Anglo-Celtic Muse'

6.  'I'm Free! I'm Free!': Cornwall as Liberation

7.  'Jan Trebetjeman, The Cornish Clot': John Betjeman Goes Native

Epilogue: 'When People talk to me about "The British"...I Give Up'

Notes

Further Reading

Index