“McGonagall was contributing to a pre-existing poetic culture that hovered between the satirical & the serious, & that caused difficulties for editors faced with deciding which was which”
Why bad poetry was good business in Victorian Dundee
Today, 18 August, is Bad Poetry Day
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2013/11/mcgonagall-poute-and-the-bad-poets-of-victorian-dundee/
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