Iolaus An Anthology of Friendship
edited by Edward Carpenter
New York: Mitchell Kennerley,1917. First Kennerley Edition. Gilt titled cloth hardcover with sunning and some wear to covers else good; owner bookplate inside cover; 192 pages.
Edward Carpenter's anthology explores friendship's nature and importance through essays and poems, examining how to cultivate meaningful bonds and celebrating .
Contents
Preface to First Edition
I: Friendship-Customs in the Pagan and Early World
II: The Place of Friendship in Greek Life and Thought
III: Poetry of Friendship Among Greeks and Romans
IV: Friendship in Early Christian and Mediaeval Times
V: The Renaissance and Modern Times
"Edward Carpenter's Ioläus is an attempt to provide a historical context for male friendship. One should not be misled, however. Carpenter, one of the earliest English homosexual activists, is writing about homosexual relationships and trying to provide a historical grounding for them. As such his work is of interest not only for its references, but also as evidence of the strategies of the early gay movement "