Edward Carpenter

Standard Name: Carpenter, Edward
Indexed Name: Edward Carpenter, 1844 - 1929

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Publishing Rose Allatini
It is titled from a phrase in the book of Isaiah which is read by Christians as a prophecy of the persecutions awaiting the Messiah, or Jesus Christ. Its dedication, To You Who Made Me...
Reception Rose Allatini
At this hearing (the second part of the prosecution, following a meeting on 25 September), the political content of the novel was the text, and the (homo)sexual content the subtext. Counsel for the defence pointed...
Textual Features Jane Hume Clapperton
Her almost innumerable sources include Charles Darwin , Herbert Spencer , Thomas Malthus , Thomas Huxley , Francis Galton , Edward Carpenter , John A. Hobson , and Sidney Webb . She was also inspired...
Friends, Associates Isabella Ormston Ford
In 1875 or 1876, IOF met the writer Edward Carpenter , who introduced her to socialist ideals.
Spartacus Educational. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
23
. Carpenter was in Leeds conducting a series of lectures on astronomy. Though Isabella was only twenty...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF 's upbringing led her at an early age to pledge to a friend to the improving of the state of the world.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
16
Unlike many women of her generation, however, she was unsatisfied with...
Intertextuality and Influence Isabella Ormston Ford
Early in her writing career, IOF was influenced by the work of Edward Carpenter and Walt Whitman .
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
23-24
Her experiences as a labour organizer also stimulated and encouraged her writing: she become even more...
Reception Isabella Ormston Ford
When it was published as a volume, a reviewer for the Saturday Review called it a clever and careful piece of work by an author new to fiction,
“19th Century British Library Newspapers”. Gale: 19th Century British Library Newspapers.
1890 (27 December 1890): 3
while a...
Cultural formation E. M. Forster
EMF made a visit to the sexual and social reformer Edward Carpenter at Milthorpe in Northamptonshire which is thought to have been instrumental in forwarding his acceptance of his own homosexuality.
Copley, Anthony. A Spiritual Bloomsbury. Lexington Boooks.
97
Intertextuality and Influence E. M. Forster
The genesis of this novel probably dates from a visit which EMF made in September 1913 to the socialist and homosexual activist Edward Carpenter , whose lifelong campaign against prejudice and inequity were an inspiration...
Friends, Associates Mary Gawthorpe
MG equally admired A. R. Orage and Holbrook Jackson , founders of the Leeds Arts Club . At the Club she also met Edward Carpenter , W. B. Yeats , G. K. Chesterton , George Bernard Shaw
Intertextuality and Influence Katharine Bruce Glasier
KBG was influenced early in her writing career by authors such as Walt Whitman , Edward Carpenter , and Plato .
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited.
69
Intertextuality and Influence Katharine Bruce Glasier
The title page of the pamphlet references works by both William Morris and Walt Whitman , while the text itself paraphrases Edward Carpenter .
Glasier, Katharine Bruce, and John Bruce Glasier. The Religion of Socialism: Two Aspects. Labour Press Society Limited;Labour Literature Society.
title page, 1
politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
The contrast between the poor, work-worn protesters and the richly decorated, fashionable church deeply affected her conscience. The next day she presented herself at the Bristol Socialist Society 's headquarters, where Robert Weare advised her...
Friends, Associates Katharine Bruce Glasier
Her involvement in socialist circles led her to acquaintance with Sidney and Beatrice Webb , Edward Hulton (editor of the Sunday Chronicle), and Robert Blatchford , for whom she wrote several articles.
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited.
71
With...
Literary responses Dora Marsden
A number of comments on the journal and its legacy were highly laudatory. In about 1913, supporter and occasional contributor Edward Carpenter wrote to Marsden: The Freewoman did so well . . . under your...

Timeline

1878: William Swan Sonnenschein and J. Archibald...

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1878

William Swan Sonnenschein and J. Archibald Allen formed a partnership in the publishing firm of Swan Sonnenschein and Allen , at 15 Paternoster Square, London.

After 25 May 1895: Following the conviction of Oscar Wilde,...

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After 25 May 1895

Following the conviction of Oscar Wilde , Edward Carpenter 's publisher broke his contract to publish Love's Coming of Age, after discovering that Carpenter had privately printed a pamphlet entitled Homogenic Love.

June 1897: The first issue of The Adult, a periodical...

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June 1897

The first issue of The Adult, a periodical from the Legitimation League , appeared: it campaigned for the rights of the illegitimate and for sex education.

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.

July 1914: The British Society for the Study of Sex...

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July 1914

The British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology was founded with Edward Carpenter as its first president.

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