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Five Million Poems, or the Local Press as Poetry Publisher, 1800-1900.

The article discusses the role of local newspapers as publishing platforms for poetry during the 19th century. Particular focus is given to the author's investigation into the amount of poetry published by individual local newspapers, using digitized copies. It is suggested that approximately five m...

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Published in:Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 488 - 493
Main Author: HOBBS, ANDREW
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Winter2012
Subjects:
Poetry in periodicals & newspapers
Poetry publishing
Literary criticism
Poetry (Literary form)
History of periodicals
Crowdsourcing
Nineteenth century
England
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