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A critical biography of the poet explores the Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of Marxism and Nazism, World War II, Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and modern figures such...

Seven years after Stephen Spender's death, John Sutherland offers the authorised life of this brilliant, but famously enigmatic, man. Sutherland's account ranges from the depiction of Spender's cosmopolitan family (and...

The only available edition of Stephen Spender's autobiography. A classic of gay literature

Virtually from its first appearance in 1951, this book was considered one of the most illuminating literary autobiographies to have come out of the 1930s and 40s. In writing it...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Hugh David Format: Hardback...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: John Sutherland (University College...

Author: Sir Stephen Spender Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Stephen Spender, along with his friends W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice and C. Day Lewis, rose to prominence in the...

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender's extraordinary life written by his son, Matthew Spender, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and unpublished archives. Stephen Spender's life, with all its...

The story behind this novel by one of twentieth-century Britain's great poets and men of letters is nearly as remarkable as the book itself. Not long ago, a friend just...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: fep clipped. Few figures in twentieth-century literature cast as long a shadow as T.S. Eliot, and poet and critic Stephen...

Author: List, Herbert; Stephen Spender; Max Schelerbinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson,, 1989Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Yellowed, markings: No markingsJunge Männer explores various themes related to youth...

Edition: 3rd., ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsDuino Elegies presents a monumental cycle of ten poems that grapple with profound existential questions concerning...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark reference work in the world of Anglophone...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Some yellowing. Markings: DJ stuck on fep. Binding condition: Pages intact, binding good. A landmark in literary reference, The Concise...

Author: J. A. SpenderBinding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD., 1925Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis substantial political memoir chronicles the shifting currents...

As the streetlamps flickered out and lights were obscured behind brown-paper screens, a subdued atmosphere took hold of London in 1939. Cloistered in pubs and gloomy sitting rooms, London's young...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket, rubbed edges. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the crossroads of empire and catastrophe,...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minor wear to edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. A richly detailed work...

A fascinating collection of memorial addresses on celebrated lives including WH Auden by Stephen Spender, Peter Cook by Alan Bennett, Kingsley Amis by Martin Amis, Stanley Matthews by Jimmy Armfield,...