Ghastly Good Taste

E747760
book polemical work

Ghastly Good Taste is a 1933 polemical book by John Betjeman that satirically critiques modern British architecture and defends Victorian and Edwardian design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
polemical work ⓘ
author John Betjeman NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre architectural criticism ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality British ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation broadcaster ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
hasPerspective conservative view of architectural heritage ⓘ
influencedBy Victorian architectural heritage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle polemical ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
mainSubject British architecture ⓘ
Edwardian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian architecture ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ
notableFor critique of modern British architecture ⓘ
defence of Victorian and Edwardian design ⓘ
positionOnEdwardianArchitecture defensive ⓘ
positionOnModernArchitecture critical ⓘ
positionOnVictorianArchitecture defensive ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1933 ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
early 20th-century Britain ⓘ

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