A Problem in Modern Ethics
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780898758948
Paperback|9780898758948
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In this work, Symonds argues against Krafft-Ebings? belief that homosexuality is acquired. The volumes contents include an historical survey of homosexuality, various modern theories as to its cause, and a concluding section dealing with suggested amendments in legislation. Considered a major classic in field, Symonds? analysis of homosexuality with some religious relevance also contains a chapter on the very sensitive subject of Walt Whitman and homosexuality, which is the earliest serious study of the subject. Poet, essayist, and literary historian, John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) delved into every field of the humanities, writing the celebrated Renaissance in Italy and publishing translations of the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini and the Sonnets of Michelangelo and Campanella; he wrote biographies of Shelley, Sidney, Jonson, and Whitman, and collaborated with Havelock Ellis on a number of projects in sexology. He is remembered for his untiring efforts to loosen the restraints on homosexuals in England, and his Memoirs are the only diary of a Victorian homosexual of his stature.
| ISBN-13 | 9780898758948 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0898758947 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.00 x 0.50 x 8.00 In |
| List Price | $29.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 112 pages |
| Publisher | Univ Pr of the Pacific |
| Published On | 2002-04-01 |
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