Ghastly good taste; or, A depressing story of the rise and fall of English architecture.

Main entry:

Betjeman, John, 1906-1984.

Title & Author:

Ghastly good taste; or, A depressing story of the rise and fall of English architecture.

Edition:

[New ed.].

Publication:

London, Blond, 1970.

Description:

xxviii, 112 pages, 2 folded leaves of plates illustrations 24 cm

Notes:
An aesthete's apologia -- An apostrophe to the landed gentry -- The argument of the book -- Christendom -- The upper classes take over from Holy Church -- Educated architecture -- Regency architecture -- Middle class architecture -- Revolt in the middle classes.

Summary:

Written when Betjeman was 26 and criticised by the author himself in this edition for showing "sententiousness, arrogance and sweeping generalisation." Includes a potted autobiography of his early years showing how he came to write such a book.

ISBN:

0218511566
9780218511567

Subject:

Architecture England.
Architecture Angleterre.
Architecture.
England.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 62184
Call No.: W648; ID:85-B7782
Status: Available

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