econd note of the Vagabond temperament--a passion 4
for the Earth
Compare this with a passion for Nature
Browning--William Morris--George Meredith
III Third note of the Vagabond temperament--the note of 6
aloofness
Illustrate from Borrow, Thoreau, Walt Whitman
IV Bohemianism--its relation to Vagabondage 8
Charles Lamb--a Bohemian rather than a Vagabond
The decadent movement in Verlaine, Baudelaire
The Russian Vagabond--Tolstoy, Gorky
V The Gothic Revival and Vagabondage 12
VI Robert Browning and his "Vagabond moods" 13
Tennyson and William Morris compared
VII Effect of the Vagabond temperament upon Literature 15
I
WILLIAM HAZLITT
I Discussion of the term "complexity" 19
Illustration from Herbert Spencer, showing that
complexity is of two kinds: (1) Complexity--the
result of degeneration, e.g. cancer in the body;
(2) Complexity--the consequent of a higher
organism, e.g. dog more complex than dog-fish
Complexity and the Vagabond--Neuroticism and Genius
Genius not necessarily morbid because it may have
sprung from a morbid soil. Illustrate from Hazlitt
II Two opposing tendencies in Hazlitt's temperament: 24
(1) The austere, individualistic, Puritan strain;
(2) The sensuous, voluptuous strain. Illustrations
of each
III The Inquisitiveness of Hazlitt 28
No patience with readers who will not quit their
own small back gardens. He is for ranging "over
the hills and far away"
Hazlitt and the Country--Country people--Walking
tours
IV The joyfulness of Hazlitt 31
The joyfulness of the Vagabond a fundamental
quality
V The styles of Hazlitt and De Quincey compared 32
The tonic wisdom of Hazlitt
II
THOMAS DE QUINCEY
I The call of the Earth and the call of the Town 37
Compare De Quincey, Charles Dickens, and Elia
The veil of phantasy in De Quince