Title Vagabonds, tramps, and hobos : the literature and culture of U.S. transiency 1890-1940 / Owen Clayton, University of Lincoln

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages) Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture Summary "This book frames transiency within a nineteenth-century literary tradition of the vagabond, a figure who attempts to travel without money. It explores the diversity of meanings that accrue around 'the hobo' and 'the tramp'. It provides new ways for scholars to think about the activity and representation of US transiency"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Tramps in literature. Migration, Internal, in literature. Marginality, Social, in literature. American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism American literature Marginality, Social, in literature Migration, Internal, in literature Tramps in literature Form Electronic book ISBN 9781009348065 100934806X 9781009348041 1009348043

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