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Only Collect: An Introduction to the World of the Poetic Miscellany

Great Writers Inspire by Oxford University

Mar 9, 201213:42Education

Dr Abigail Williams, Director of the Digital Miscellanies Index, explains how these popular collections of poetry designed to suit contemporary tastes were used in the 18th Century.

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