Stephen Spender: a literary life

Ambitious son, failed father : 1909-30

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

The 1940s : an Englishman again

The 1950s : middle years, Mid-Atlantic

The 1960s : young rebels and old rebel

The 1970s : grandparent, not yet GOM

The 1980s : retired, but not resigned

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