The Worlds of Stephen Spender

Addressing what Stephen Spender called the 'shared subject matter of art and literature,' this book explores the celebrated writer's connections with a remarkable constellation of cultural figures.

Over a life spanning the twentieth century, the celebrated writer Stephen Spender came into contact with-and connected-many of the most in?uential cultural ?gures of the era. Complementing a constellation of artworks by artists linked by personal friendship, family ties, or spiritual kinship to Spender-from Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud to Arshile Gorky-this publication is addressed to what he termed the 'shared subject matter' of art and literature and is replete with archival photos of Spender and his circle.