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Challenging both capitalism and the values of Western civilization, the gay socialist writer Edward Carpenter had an extraordinary impact on the cultural and political landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This biography situates Carpenter's life and thought in relation to the social, aesthetic and intellectual movements of his day.