Spender (Sir Stephen)

Title

Spender (Sir Stephen)

Shelfmark

MS. Berlin 282

Summary

Includes:

(passim) discussion by Spender of his work on poems and prose

(fols. 1-29) letters from Spender in Germany, 1930-1932

(fols. 7-8) comments on the political situation in Germany, 1930

(fol. 8) draft of Spender's poem 'What I Expected', 1930

(fol. 12) drafts of Spender's poems 'My Child Came Home' and 'In the Country', 1930

(fols. 24-26) drafts of Spender's poems 'Not Palaces', 'Here Man Wakes', 'Those Fireballs those Ashes', 'In Railway Halls', 'The Eyes Seen Vividly' and 'The Pylons', 1932

(fols. 30-31) letters from Spender in Barcelona, including description of his relationship with Hellmut Schroeder, 1932

(fols. 35-38) references to treatment for a tapeworm contracted while in Spain, 1933

(fols. 37-42) letters from Spender in Italy, including references to his relationship with Tony Hyndman, 1933

(fol. 67) draft of Spender's poem 'The Living Values', 1936

(fols. 68-105) letter enclosing an early draft of a play, 'Death of a Justice' by Spender [ultimately published as Trial of a Judge], with page of comments by Berlin, 1936

(fols. 120-191) typescript of [final?] version [Act Two incomplete] of Trial of a Judge, 1938

(fols. 200-206) letters about Spender's separation from his first wife, Inez, including (fol. 203) typescript of poem 'To Two Shades' written at the time, 1939

(fols. 212-215) drafts of Spender's poems 'To Humphrey Spender' [included as '(To J.H.S.)' in 'Elegy for Margaret'], 'The Double Shame', and 'From a Tree Choked by Ivy, Rotted' [included in 'Elegy for Margaret'], 1940

Date

1930-1949

Language

English

Physical extent

224 Leaves