The Vagabond in Literature
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In the introductory paper to this volume an attempt is made to justify the epithet "Vagabond" as applied to writers of a certain temperament. This much may be said here: the term Vagabond is used in no derogatory sense. Etymologically it signifies a wanderer; and such is the meaning attached to the term in the following pages. Differing frequently in character and in intellectual power, a basic similarity of temperament gives the various writers discussed a remarkable spiritual affinity. For in each one the wandering instinct is strong. Sometimes it may take a physical, sometimes an intellectu...
Chapters (319)
- THE VAGABOND IN LITERATURE
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION the vagabond element in modern literature
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- I WILLIAM HAZLITT
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- II THOMAS DE QUINCEY
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- III GEORGE BORROW
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- IV HENRY D. THOREAU
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- V ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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- VI RICHARD JEFFERIES
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- VII WALT WHITMAN
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- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
- SOME PRESS APPRECIATIONS of “PERSONAL FORCES IN MODERN LITERATURE”
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