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Spasmodic poets

Spasmodic poets is a literary movement. It is recorded from 1854.

Also recorded as Spasmodic School.

Contents

Practice and materials

It comprises Philip James Bailey, Sydney Thompson Dobell, Alexander Smith, John Stanyan Bigg and George Gilfillan.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (The University of Edinburgh) and Open Library.

Editor, the Contributor, and the struggle for recognition in mid-Victorian journalism: selected Letters of E. S. Dallas with a critical introduction (1969) — DataCite (The University of Edinburgh). The spasmodic poets (1928) — Open Library. Spasmodic Poets (2022) — Open Library.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 1 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1854Spasmodic poets first recorded.
  2. 1928The spasmodic poets (1928) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
  3. 1928The spasmodic poets digitised by Open Library.
  4. 1969Editor, the Contributor, and the struggle for recognition in mid-Victorian journalism: selected Letters of E. S. Dallas with a critical introduction digitised by DataCite (The University of Edinburgh).
  5. 2022Spasmodic Poets digitised by Open Library.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Spasmodic poets”

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  2. 2.

    Open Library, catalogue records for “Spasmodic poets”

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  3. 3.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q7573984: Spasmodic poets

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  4. 4.

    “Spasmodic poets”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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