John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and Homosexuality: A Critical Edition of Sources

Author:   S. Brady
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
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9781349355112


Pages:   257
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and Homosexuality: A Critical Edition of Sources


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The book brings together for the first time John Addington Symonds' key writings on homosexuality, and the entire correspondence between Symonds and Havelock Ellis on the project of Sexual Inversion. The source edition contains a critical introduction to the sources.

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Author:   S. Brady
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349355112


ISBN 10:   1349355119
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements Introduction: Sean Brady 'A Problem in Greek Ethics': Privately Printed 1883: John Addington Symonds 'A Problem in Modern Ethics. Being an Enquiry into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. Addressed Especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists.' Privately Printed 1891: John Addington Symonds Untitled Essay, transcribed by Mrs. Havelock Ellis, no Title; Undated. Draft of Anonymous Letter from J. A. Symonds to Richard von Krafft-Ebing The Correspondence of John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis on the Project of Sexual Inversion

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'Sean Brady's critical edition provides an important and valuable reference for scholars working on gender and sexuality studies, as well as those more broadly interested in nineteenth-century literature, and cultural and medical history.' - Jade Munslow Ong, English Studies


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SEAN BRADY Lecturer in Modern British and Irish History at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. His research interest focuses on gender, sexuality, politics and religion in nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain and Ireland. His publications include Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861 – 1913 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 & 2009), and What is Masculinity? Historical Dynamics from Antiquity to the Contemporary World, co-edited with John H. Arnold (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). He is convening editor for Palgrave Macmillan's series, Genders and Sexualities in History.

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