Edward Carpenter

Sheila Rowbotham

RRP: £12.99

Publisher: VERSO

Publication Date : 01/09/2009

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Biography of the pioneering advocate of free love, gay rights and women's suffrage, looking at his life in context with the social, aesthetic and intellectual movements of the time.

Publisher's description:

Challenging many of the values and conceits 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 work situates Carpenter's life and thought in relation to the contemporary social, aesthetic and intellectual movements.

ISBN: 9781844674213