George Ives était un poète et écrivain dont l'œuvre explorait des thèmes tels que le crime, la punition, la psychologie des genres et l'homosexualité, souvent documentés à travers d'importants albums de coupures. Il fut un réformateur pénitentiaire dévoué et un des premiers défenseurs des droits des homosexuels, militant activement pour la "Cause" visant à mettre fin à l'oppression des homosexuels. L'écriture et la vie personnelle d'Ives furent profondément liées à son activisme social. Il amassed une archive significative de l'œuvre de sa vie, reflétant ses intérêts multiples.
In this provocative work, George Ives explores the complex role of eros in human life, challenging conventional wisdom about the nature of love and desire. Drawing on a wide range of philosophical and literary sources, Ives offers a bold new vision of human sexuality and its place in the world.
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The Edwardian gay rights campaigner George Ives long kept a scrapbook of those newspaper articles which aroused his interest in the early 20th century