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Title: John Addington Symonds; A Biography compiled by his papers and correspondence.
Description: London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1903. Second editon. Frontispiece. Linen binding with gilt lettering. Wear to to top and bottom of spine. l John Addington Symonds, Jr. (1840 - 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although married with children, Symonds supported male love (homosexuality), which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, referring to it as l'amour de l'impossible (love of the impossible) (Catawiki0

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