Aldington, Richard, and H. D. “Introduction and Commentary”. Richard Aldington and H.D.: The Later Years in Letters, edited by Caroline Zilboorg, Manchester University Press, pp. 1 - 14; various pages.
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Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Travel | H. D. | |
| Travel | Bryher | In the spring of 1920, Bryher and H. D.
began an extended holiday in Greece and Crete. They were accompanied by sexologist Havelock Ellis
, with whom they had first associated in 1918. Collecott, Diana. H.D. and Sapphic Modernism, 1910-1950. Cambridge University Press, http://Rutherford HSS. 67, 186, 283 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Nina Hamnett | This book opens in 1926, with the author considerably bewildered by [her] somewhat disordered life since [her] return to England, Hamnett, Nina. Is She a Lady? A Problem in Autobiography. Allan Wingate. 38 |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Webb | Other chapters in the book include Havelock Ellis
's The Family and Bertrand Russell
's Science. Clark, Evans. “Forecasting the Future of Man”. New York Times Book Review, pp. 1, 24 - 5. 1, 24 |
| Textual Production | Olive Schreiner | According to early commemorative biographer Daisy Hobman
, Schreiner's husband was unaware that Undine existed until Havelock Ellis
gave him a copy after she died. First, Ruth, and Ann Scott. Olive Schreiner. André Deutsch. 72-3, 84, 21, 267 |
| Textual Production | Michael Field | This book inaugurated the literary partnership of the two women which lasted for decades. They give a glimpse, in a letter of 1886 to Havelock Ellis
, into the way they negotiated the collaborative process:... |
| Textual Features | Radclyffe Hall | The Well of Loneliness is a bildungsroman about Stephen Gordon, a narrow-hipped, wide-shouldered Hall, Radclyffe, and Havelock Ellis. The Well of Loneliness. Anchor Books. 13 |
| Reception | Olive Schreiner | Cronwright dedicated the book to her friend Havelock Ellis
, whom he had previously asked to write the biography. Ellis felt unable to fulfill the request, but offered Cronwright all the information he had. Cronwright-Schreiner, S. C. The Life of Olive Schreiner. T. Fisher Unwin. fly-leaf, vii |
| Reception | Olivia Manning | Deirdre David
has called A Scantling of Foxesan amazing tale of sadism, male obsession, and female suffering, its depiction of sexual pathology derived doubtless from Olivia's readings in Havelock Ellis
. David, Deirdre. Olivia Manning: A Woman at War. Oxford University Press. 31 |
| Publishing | Radclyffe Hall | The Well was published with a Commentary by Havelock Ellis
in which he claimed that it was the first English novel which presents, in a completely faithful and uncompromising form, one particular aspect of sexual... |
| Publishing | Vernon Lee | VL
's political stance was seen as dangerously unpatriotic: only a few of her essays were published by the Labour Leader, Nation, and New Statesman. In letter to Havelock Ellis
in September... |
| Author summary | Olive Schreiner | OS
was a political and social activist as well as a writer. Her biographer Liz Stanley says she was internationally probably the best-known feminist writer and theorist from the 1880s through to the 1930s. Stanley, Liz. “Encountering the Imperial and Colonial Past through Olive Schreiner’s <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland</span>”;. Women’s Writing, Vol. 7 , No. 2, pp. 197-19. 198 |
| Occupation | Nancy Cunard | Her purpose in founding the press was to publish mainly contemporary poetry of an experimental kind. Virginia Woolf
warned her that Your hands will always be covered with ink, Ford, Hugh, editor. Nancy Cunard: Brave Poet, Indomitable Rebel 1896-1965. Chilton Book Company. 69 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Olive Schreiner | She gave Havelock Ellis
a free hand to help her with the publishing arrangements. Her dedication, the only part of the publication about which she was adamant, is to A small girl-child. First, Ruth, and Ann Scott. Olive Schreiner. André Deutsch. 191 |
| Leisure and Society | Bryher | Carrying a letter of introduction from Havelock Ellis
, Bryher
met Sigmund Freud
in Vienna. Bryher,. The Heart to Artemis: A Writer’s Memoirs. Collins. 244-5 |
Timeline
1888: Eleanor Marx's translation of An Enemy of...
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1888
Eleanor Marx
's translation of An Enemy of the People by Ibsen
appeared in The Pillars of Society and Other Plays, edited by Havelock Ellis
.
1894: Havelock Ellis' Man and Woman: A Study of...
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1894
Havelock Ellis
' Man and Woman: A Study of Human Secondary Sexual Characteristics, which investigated gender differences, was published in London.
1896: Havelock Ellis's Studies in the Psychology...
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1896
Havelock Ellis
's Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Sexual Inversion was published first in German, in Leipzig, when no British publisher would take it.
1897: With her publication of Grains of Sense,...
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1897
With her publication of Grains of Sense, philosopher Victoria, Lady Welby
, shifted from theology towards a more academic and analytic study of meaning.
1897-1910: Havelock Ellis published Studies in the Psychology...
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1897-1910
Havelock Ellis
published Studies in the Psychology of Sex, in 6 volumes. Volume one, Sexual Inversion, had appeared in German a year before its appearance in English.
31 May 1898: George Bedborough, secretary of the Legitimation...
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31 May 1898
George Bedborough
, secretary of the Legitimation League
which sought to change the law to improve the position of illegitimate children, was arrested, largely in an attempt to damage the League through him.
30 October 1898: George Bedborough avoided trial for publishing...
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30 October 1898
George Bedborough
avoided trial for publishing an obscene libel (regarding volumes in Havelock Ellis
's series Studies in the Psychology of Sex, and the Legitimation League
's journal The Adult) by pleading guilty...
1910: Havelock Ellis's sixth volume of the series...
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1910
Havelock Ellis
's sixth volume of the series Studies in the Psychology of Sex was the earliest to be published in Britain.
1918: Havelock Ellis published two sexological...
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1918
Havelock Ellis
published two sexological another essays in the same volume: The Erotic Rights of Women and The Objects of Marriage.
1928: The seventh volume of Havelock Ellis's Studies...
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1928
The seventh volume of Havelock Ellis
's Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Eonism and Other Supplementary Studies was published.
1928: The World Sexual Reform League was established...
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1928
The World Sexual Reform League
was established to try to build up knowledge and awareness of sexuality and sexual practices.
2 June 1942: The criminal trial by jury of Dr Eustace...
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2 June 1942
The criminal trial by jury of Dr Eustace Chesser
for his educational book Love without Fear began; he was charged with publishing an obscene libel.
Texts
Ibsen, Henrik. “Note”. The Pillars of Society and Other Plays, edited by Havelock Ellis, translated by. William Archer et al., Walter Scott, 1888, p. xxxi.
Hall, Radclyffe, and Havelock Ellis. The Well of Loneliness. Jonathan Cape, 1928.
Hall, Radclyffe, and Havelock Ellis. The Well of Loneliness. Anchor Books, 1990.