STEPHEN SPENDER - POEM SIGNED - HFSID 102193
Price: $320.00
STEPHEN SPENDER. Poem signed: "Stephen Spender" on verso,
2p, 8½x11½, front and verso. Signed on the limited edition page of a printing
limited to 175 copies (this page was from volume No. 128). Spender's poem, "I
Sit At the Window", is imprinted on verso, which has been illustrated by artist
Honor Frost. British poet and essayist Stephen Spender (1909-1995) was
known for concentrating on themes of social injustice and class struggles in
his work, beginning with his 1933 volume, Poems. His other works
include essays, a novel, The Temple (begun in 1929 but not
published until 1988), and his autobiography, World within World
(1951). Spender was also a co-founder and editor (1939-1941) of "Horizon"
magazine, and he also edited "Encounter" (1953-1966). He occupied the
Elliston Chair of Poetry at the University of Cincinnati (1954) and was
Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College (1961) and Professor of
English at University College (1970-1977), London. Spender, who had
generated controversy over his sexuality (he eventually married concert pianist
Natasha Litvin in 1941), was made CBE in 1962 and knighted in
1983. Lightly creased and soiled. Chipped at edges and lower left corner, right
corners torn away. Minor show through from poem on signature side. Overall, fine
condition.
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