Stephen Spender : a literary life / John Sutherland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutherland, John, 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.

Spender, Stephen.

Poets, English--20th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Critics--Great Britain--Biography.

Critics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (654 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The literary, political, and artistic interests of poet and cultural icon Stephen Spender are illuminated in this narrative based on his private papers, tracing his rise to success as a poet in the 1930's through his later years as cultural statesman of the twentieth century, and examining his relationships with such luminaries as Dylan Thomas,

Contents:

Ambitious son, failed father : 1909-30

The 1930's : Germany : the Tony Hyndman Years : Spain and after

The 1940's : an Englishman again

The 1950's : middle years, Mid-Atlantic

The 1960's : young rebels and old rebel

The 1970's : grandparent, not yet GOM

The 1980's : retired, but not resigned

The 1990's : 'Five years he shouldn't have had'.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Penguin Books, Ltd., 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190292355

0190292350

9781280428395

1280428392

9780195346381

0195346386

9781423785101

142378510X

9781602565425

1602565422

OCLC:

437173348