Socialism, Sex, and the Culture of Aestheticism in Britain, 1880-1914

This book examines the lives and works of a group of writers at the heart of the revival of the socialist movement in Britain. It examines the beliefs and sexual politics of familiar figures like William Morris and George Bernard Shaw alongside those of lesser-known writers and activists like Edward Carpenter and Isabella Ford.

• | By (Author): Ruth (Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Deputy Director, Centre for Victorian Studies, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London) Livesey
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 18, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 246 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0197263984
• | ISBN-13: 9780197263983