sites other authors such as Auden, Cunningham, Boleyn, and Victor, as influential writers, which he has used to framed his political opinions and ideals. Stephen Spender used these influences in his literary writings, but also engaged newspapers to spread his essays and journals. He primarily wrote for the Daily Herald, New Statesman, the Daily Worker, and the Nation, in addition to publishing his books. As a result of Spender’s decision to work closely with these media avenues, his critics used much of his personal choices and preferences to taint the context of his writings. Stephen Spender, had many desires to surround himself with those who lead the rich and famous lifestyle. He had extensive relationships with both men and women alike. It is ironic how his true pleasures in life were also his demise. Kennedy 6 Stephen Spender had been credited as one of the most influential liberal writers of the twentieth century. Although much of his work was overlooked due to his extensive social meanderings and his blatant homosexuality, he is still highly regarded in his field. Spender has used a wide variety of literary platforms to express his political opinions and ideals. He has written journals, essays, short novels, poems, and articles to express his personal and political opinions, which generally were interchangeable. Stephen Spender spent much of his time formulating, challenging, and changing his political opinions as well as his moral ideals. Stephen Spender was slated as a writer who transitioned political literature from the War World II modernism era to what has come later in the twentieth century. Stephen Spender used a personalistic approach to his literal writings, his peom’s especially, placed extraordinary emphasis on his moral development within the context of politics. It is quite evident within his writings that he wove both the political content of the liberal regime with his...
