"The Vagabond in Literature" by Arthur Compton-Rickett explores the theme of wandering and the literary figures who embody the spirit of the vagabond. Compton-Rickett delves into the lives and works of various authors, examining how their experiences of travel and displacement influenced their writing. The book highlights the romantic notion of the wanderer, portraying how these literary vagabonds sought freedom and adventure, often reflecting on the human condition through their journeys....

“In an epoch when the ideals of George Eliot were still controlling, the figure of Stevenson rose with a sort of radiance as a writer whose sole object was to entertain. Most of the great novelists were then dead, and the scientific school was in the ascendant. Fiction was entering upon its death grapple with sociology. Stevenson came, with his tales of adventure and intrigue, out-of-door life and old-time romance, and he recalled to every reader his boyhood and the delights of his earlies...

Arthur Compton-Rickett, a distinguished literary scholar and critic, takes listeners on a captivating exploration of the wanderer’s role in storytelling with The Vagabond in Literature. This BOOK examines the archetype of the vagabond—the outsider, the traveler, the seeker—across a wide range of literary traditions, revealing how this figure has shaped narratives, inspired imagination, and reflected the human longing for freedom and discovery.Compt...

A fascinating study of the wanderer as a literary figure, tracing the romantic and symbolic role of the vagabond across centuries of literature and cultural imagination.