The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
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The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an influential memoir by Welsh poet W. H. Davies recounting his years living as a vagrant and itinerant worker in Britain and the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
W. H. Davies’s early life
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W. H. Davies’s experiences as a tramp ⓘ W. H. Davies’s travels in America ⓘ casual labour and seasonal work ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | A. C. Fifield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasFormat | print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
portrayals of homelessness in literature
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social perceptions of poverty ⓘ |
| hasPart | chapters ⓘ |
| hasPrefaceBy | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
personal resilience
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social marginalization ⓘ working class life ⓘ |
| influenced | George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAutobiographicalWorkOf | W. H. Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
homelessness
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itinerant work ⓘ life in Britain ⓘ life in the United States ⓘ tramping ⓘ vagrancy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of tramp life
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influence on early 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | early 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| setting |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subtitle | none ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | late 19th century ⓘ |
| title | The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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