1822 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Awards

[edit] Events

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Thursday-evening class" begins

[edit] New books

• Hans Christian Andersen - Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave
• Kenelm Henry Digby - The Broad-Stone of Honour
• Sarah Green - Nuptial Discoveries
• Jane Harvey - Singularity
• Ann Hatton - Guilty or Not Guilty
• Barbara Hofland - Tales of the Manor
• Washington Irving - The Sketch Book, Bracebridge Hall
• John Neal - Logan, A Family History
• Charles Nodier - Trilby
• Anna Maria Porter - The Hunters of the Pyrenees
• Rosalia St. Clair - Clavering Tower
• Sir Walter Scott
  • The Fortunes of Nigel
  • The Pirate
• Catharine Maria Sedgwick - A New England Tale

[edit] New drama

• Franz Grillparzer - The Golden Fleece
• Alessandro Manzoni - Adelchi

[edit] Poetry

• Eleanor Anne Porden - Coeur de Lion
• Mary Roberts - The Royal Exile
• Percy Bysshe Shelley - Hellas

[edit] Births

• May 22 - Edmond de Goncourt (+ 1896)
• December 24 - Matthew Arnold (+ 1888)
• December 26 - Dion Boucicault (+ 1890)

[edit] Deaths

• April 20 - Allegra Byron, five-year-old illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron
• June 25 - E. T. A. Hoffmann, fantasy author
• July 7 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (drowned)
• December 7 - John Aikin, miscellaneous author
• date unknown - Józef Wybicki, poet

[edit] Awards