"He sings alone": Hybrid forms and the Victorian working-class poet

Citation

Blair K (2009) "He sings alone": Hybrid forms and the Victorian working-class poet. Victorian Literature and Culture, 37 (2), pp. 523-541. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1060150309090329

Abstract
In 1868, Alexander Wallace paused in his introduction to the life and works of Janet Hamilton, a respected Scottish working-class poet, to note his subject's interest in literary parlour games: "Janet asked us if we had ever tried the writing of Cento verses, which she characterized as a pleasant literary amusement for a meeting of young friends in a winter's night."

Journal
Victorian Literature and Culture: Volume 37, Issue 2