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The Tramp in British Literature, 1850–1950 offers an account of the emergence of a new conception of homelessness in the mid-nineteenth century, which it argues reflects the evolution of capitalism and disciplinary society in this period. In the process it uncovers a neglected body of literature on the subject of the tramp written by thirty-three memoir writers and eighteen fiction writers, most of whom were themselves homeless. In analysing these works, The Tramp in British Literature presents select texts as a unique and ignored contribution to a wider radical discourse defined by its opposition to a societal fixation upon the need to be productive. The book was shortlisted for the 2022 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Literature --- History of civilization --- cultuur --- literatuur --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1900-1999 --- Great Britain --- Tramps in literature. --- English literature. --- Homelessness in literature. --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Literature. --- Literature, Modern --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- Nineteenth-Century Literature. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- British Culture. --- 19th century. --- 20th century. --- Great Britain.