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John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and Homosexuality

A Critical Edition of Sources

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  1. Sean Brady

    1. School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

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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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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Sean Brady
    Pages 1-38

  3. A Problem in Greek Ethics

    • John Addington Symonds
    Pages 39-121

  4. A Problem in Modern Ethics

    • John Addington Symonds
    Pages 123-208

  5. Untitled Essay

    • John Addington Symonds
    Pages 209-212

  6. The Correspondence of John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis on the Project of Sexual Inversion

    • Sean Brady
    Pages 213-257
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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

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

    Sean Brady

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) and Homosexuality

  • Book Subtitle: A Critical Edition of Sources

  • Authors: Sean Brady

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264985

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-51739-4Published: 31 May 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35511-2Published: 01 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-26498-5Published: 11 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 257

  • Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, History of Britain and Ireland, Sexual Behavior, Social History, Modern History

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