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including practical observations in various parts abroad and in most parts of England, as London, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Liverpool, &c.: also, his experience in divine things, a serious address to Christians, a Word to backsliders, &c., the whole designed to amuse and instruct
Shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize 2022, The Tramp in British Literature, 1850-1950 offers a unique account of the emergence of a new conception of homelessness in the mid-nineteenth century. After arguing that the emergence of the figure of the tramp reflects the evolution of capitalism and disciplinary society in this period, The Tramp in British Literature uncovers a neglected body of "tramp literature" written by memoir and fiction writers, many of whom were themselves homeless. In analysing these works, it presents select texts as a unique and ignored contribution to a wider radical discourse defined by its opposition to a wider societal preoccupation with the need to be productive.