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''The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times''

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Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and h ...

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'', ''The Two Foscari'' and ''

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Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achie ...

's '' Queen Mab: a philosophical poem'' (

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) is distributed by an unauthorized publisher in London leading to prosecution by the Society for the Prevention of Vice. * At about this date

Sunthorn Phu Phra Sunthorn Vohara (Phu) ( th, พระสุนทรโวหาร (ภู่), , ; 26 June 1786 – 1855), known as Sunthorn Phu ( th, สุนทรภู่, , ), is Thailand's best-known royal poet. He wrote during the Rattanakosin pe ...

is imprisoned and begins his

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''.

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Edwin Atherstone Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872) was a poet and novelist. His works, which were planned on an imposing scale, attracted some temporary attention and applause, but are now forgotten. His chief poem, ''The Fall of Nineveh'', consisting of thirty boo ...

, ''The Last Days of Herculaneum''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'',

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, 2004, *

Joanna Baillie Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist, known for such works as ''Plays on the Passions'' (three volumes, 1798–1812) and ''Fugitive Verses'' (1840). Her work shows an interest in moral philoso ...

, ''Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters'' *

John Banim John Banim (3 April 1798 – 30 August 1842), was an Irish novelist, short story writer, dramatist, poet and essayist, sometimes called the "Scott of Ireland." He also studied art, working as a painter of miniatures and portraits, and as a drawin ...

, ''The Celt's Paradise'' *

Thomas Lovell Beddoes Thomas Lovell Beddoes (30 June 1803 – 26 January 1849) was an English poet, dramatist and physician. Biography Born in Clifton, Bristol, England, he was the son of Dr. Thomas Beddoes, a friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Anna, sister o ...

, ''The Improvisatore, in Three Fyttes, with Other Poems'' *

: ** '' Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice; The Prophecy of Dante'', Marino Faliero performed April 25 ** ''Don Juan'', cantos 3–5, published anonymously, see also ''Don Juan''

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1824 May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony Events January–March * January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...

** ''

; The Two Foscari; Cain'', verse drama ** ''

The Vision of Judgment ''The Vision of Judgment'' (1822) is a satirical poem in ottava rima by Lord Byron, which depicts a dispute in Heaven over the fate of George III's soul. It was written in response to the Poet Laureate Robert Southey's ''A Vision of Judgement'' ...

'' (spelling is correct) ** ''Heaven and Earth'' ** ''

The Prophecy of Dante ''The Prophecy of Dante'' is a tale in verse by Lord Byron published in 1821 (see 1821 in poetry). Written at Ravenna in June 1819, the author dedicated it to the Countess Guiccioli. The work was positively reviewed by Francis Jeffrey Fr ...

'' *

John Clare John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th ce ...

, ''The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems'' *

William Gifford William Gifford (April 1756 – 31 December 1826) was an English critic, editor and poet, famous as a satirist and controversialist. Life Gifford was born in Ashburton, Devon, to Edward Gifford and Elizabeth Cain. His father, a glazier and ...

, ''The Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus'', in Latin and English *

Felicia Dorothea Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic statu ...

, ''Dartmoor'' *

William Hone William Hone (3 June 1780 – 8 November 1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom. Biography Hon ...

, ''The Political Showman — At Home!'', illustrated by

George Cruikshank George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached ...

; those lampooned include

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Lord Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. He held many important cabinet offices such as Foreign Secret ...

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Lord Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh ( ) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Anglo-Irish politician ...

and

John Stoddart Sir John Stoddart (6 February 1773 – 16 February 1856) was an English journalist and lawyer, who served as editor of '' The Times''. Biography Stoddart, who was born at Salisbury, was the eldest son of John Stoddart, who was a lieutenan ...

, editor of ''The Times'' *

Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centr ...

, ''The Months'' *

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. The writings of Landon are transitional between Romanticism and the Victorian Age. Her first major breakthrough ...

("L.E.L."), ''The Fate of Adelaide, and Other Poems'' *

Robert Millhouse Robert Millhouse (1788–1839) was an English Spenserian poet, born in Nottingham, England. Contemporaneously compared to Robert Bloomfield and John Clare, he too obtained some fame as a provincial poet, though his own life was affected by h ...

, ''Vicissitude, a poem in four books and other pieces'' *

Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his ''Irish Melodies''. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish ...

, ''Irish Melodies'', the first authorized edition of the author's lyrics; 10 editions by 1832 *

Hannah More Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer, philanthropist, poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, who wrote on moral and religious subjects. Born in Bristol, she taught at a s ...

, ''Bible Rhymes'' *

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican ministry, Anglican priest and later as a Catholi ...

and

John William Bowden John William Bowden (21 February 1798 – 15 September 1844) was an English functionary and writer on church matters. He was a close friend of John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English the ...

, ''St. Bartholomew's Eve'', published anonymously *

John William Polidori John William Polidori (7 September 1795 – 24 August 1821) was a British writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy Fantasy is a ...

(probable suicide August 24), '' The Fall of the Angels'', published anonymously *

Bryan Waller Procter Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) (21 November 17875 October 1874) was an English poet who served as a Commissioner in Lunacy. Life and career Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for contemporarie ...

, writing under the

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"Barry Cornwall", ''Mirandola: A tragedy'', verse drama * J. H. Reynolds, ''The Garden of Florence'' *

: ** ''

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'', published anonymously ** '' Adonais: An elegy on the death of John Keats'' ** '' A Defence of Poetry'' * Horatio Smith, ''Amarynthus, the Nympholept'', published anonymously *

Robert Southey Robert Southey ( or ; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a ra ...

, ''A Vision of Judgement'', in which Southey criticizes

and

, labeling them members of what Southey calls the " Satanic School" of poetry; Byron later decides he likes the name, and responds with his own work, ''A Vision of Judgment'' (with slightly different spelling in the title)

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, ''Noah'', about the Bible story, but also discusses slavery and America's place in God's providence; revised by John NealLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi) *

William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the ''New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry ...

, ''Poems'', eight poems, including "The Ages", a poem in Spenserian stanzas on the history of mankind and expressing a positive outlook on the future, delivered at the Harvard commencement; also the last significant revision of "Thanatopsis"; the book, issued by Richard Henry Dana,

Edward Channing Edward Perkins Channing (June 15, 1856 – January 7, 1931) was an American historian and an author of a monumental ''History of the United States'' in six volumes, for which he won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History. His thorough research i ...

and Willard Phillips, is a critical success which promotes Bryant's reputation, but it does not sell well *

James Gates Percival James Gates Percival (September 15, 1795 – May 2, 1856) was an American poet, surgeon, and geologist, born in Berlin, Connecticut and died in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Biography He was a precocious child, and a morbid and impractical, though v ...

, ''Poems'', including the first part of "Prometheus"

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denies it but is widely thought to be the author this April of ''

The Gabrieliad The ''Gabrieliad'' (russian: «Гавриилиада», ''Gavriiliada'') is a humorous poem on the subject of the Annunciation widely believed to have been written by Alexander Pushkin in April 1821, while he was in his student years. Synopsis ...

'' (Гавриилиада, ''Gavriiliada''),

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, a sexually explicit, blasphemous work *

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...

, ''Gedichte'',

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, his first published collectionCook, Roger F.
''A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine''
"Introduction", Boydell & Brewer, 2002, , retrieved via Google Books on April 2, 2009 *

Wilhelm Müller Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) and ''Winterreise'' (1828), which Franz Schubert later set to music as song cycles. Life ...

**''Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten'' ("Poems from the posthumous papers of a travelling horn-player"), begins publication **''Lieder der Griechen'' ("Songs of the Greeks"), begins publication

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in poetry" article: * February 4 - Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (died 1873),

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sonneteer * March 10 -

Màiri Mhòr nan Òran Mary MacPherson (), known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (English: Great Mary of the Songs) or simply Màiri Mhòr (10 March 1821 – 7 November 1898), was a Scottish Gaelic poet from the Isle of Skye, whose work focused on the Highland Clearances a ...

(died

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* March 17 -

Adelia Cleopatra Graves Adelia Cleopatra Graves ( pen name, Aunt Alice; March 17, 1821 - 1895) was an American educator, author, and poet. At one time serving as Professor of Latin and '' Belles-lettres'' at Mary Sharp College, she went on to occupy the position of Matr ...

(died

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

poet, educator, author * March 19 -

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(died

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Jeanette Threlfall Jeanette Threlfall ( pen name, J. T.; 24 March 1821 – 30 November 1880) was a 19th-century English hymnwriter and author of other sacred poems. She published ''Woodsorrel'', 1856; ''The Babe and the Princess'', 1864; ''Sunshine and Shadow'', 1 ...

(died

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hymnwriter and author of religious poems * March 25 -

Isabella Banks Isabella Banks (; 25 March 1821 – 4 May 1897), also known as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, was an English novelist and poet. Born in Manchester, England, Banks is most widely remembered today for her book '' The Manchester Man'', published in 18 ...

, née Varley (died 1897),

* April 9 -

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poetry, French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticis ...

(died 1867), French * May 29 -

Frederick Locker-Lampson Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) was an English man of letters, bibliophile and poet. Overview He was born at Greenwich Hospital. His father, who was Civil Commissioner of the Hospital, was Edward Hawke Locker, youngest son of the Captai ...

(died

* July 8 -

Maria White Lowell Maria White Lowell (July 8, 1821 – October 27, 1853) was an American poet and abolitionist. Her poems were privately printed by her husband, James Russell Lowell, the poet, two years after her death. Early life Maria White was born in Watertow ...

(died 1853),

poet and abolitionist * November 28 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (died 1877),

* December 1 -

Jane C. Bonar Jane C. Bonar (, Lundie; 1 December 1821 – 3 December 1884) was a Scottish hymnwriter. Her hymn, "Pass away, earthly joy!", first appeared in 1843 in ''Songs for the Wilderness''. Two years after, it reappeared in ''The Bible Hymn Book'', compi ...

(died

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

), Scottish hymnwriter

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Jens Zetlitz Jens Zetlitz (26 January 1761 – 14 January 1821) was a Norwegian priest and poet. Zetlitz was born at Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. At the close of the 18th century he traveled to the University of Copenhagen to study theology. He became a ...

, Norwegian * February 23 –

, in Rome from

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. His last request was followed, and so he was buried under a tomb stone without his name appearing on it but instead the words "Here lies one whose name was writ in water." * March 17 – Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, French * April 15 –

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(born 1743),

* May 11 – George Howe (born 1769), the first

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Anne Hunter Anne Hunter (''née'' Home) (1742 – 1821) was a salonnière and poet in Georgian London. She is remembered mostly for the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English. She was the wife of surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, wh ...

(born 1742), Scots poet and songwriter who wrote the lyrics to many of

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’s songs ** Lucy Terry (born circa

1730 Events January–March * January 30 (January 19 O.S.) – At dawn, Emperor Peter II of Russia dies of smallpox, aged 14 in Moscow, on the eve of his projected marriage. * February 26 (February 15 O.S.) – Anna of Russia (Ann ...

in Africa) first known African American poet, author of "Bars Fight, August 28, 1746", a ballad first printed in

1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city. * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...

Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West
''Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History''
Oxford University Press US, 1996 , retrieved via Google Books on February 8, 2009 ** Sukey Vickery (born

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novelist and poet (a woman)

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