1827 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards

[edit] Events

• Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.

[edit] New books

• Book of Songs (poetry) - Heinrich Heine
• Herzog Theodor von Gotland (play) - Christian Dietrich Grabbe
• Hope Leslie - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
• Intrigue - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
• The Lettre de Cachet - Catherine Gore
• The O'Briens and The O'Flaherties - Sydney Owenson
• The Prairie - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Red Rover - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Reign of Terror - Catherine Gore
• The Wolf of Badenoch - Sir Thomas Dick Lauder

[edit] New drama

• Alessandro Manzoni - I Promessi sposi (The Betrothed)

[edit] Poetry

• Heinrich Heine - Buch der Lieder ("Book of Songs"
• Giacomo Leopardi - Operette Morali

[edit] Non-fiction

• Henry Hallam - The Constitutional History of England]]
• John Keble - The Christian Year

[edit] Births

• April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905)
• June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901)

[edit] Deaths

• August 12 - William Blake, poet
• October 10 - Ugo Foscolo, dramatist
• November 18 - Wilhelm Hauff, poet and novelist

[edit] Awards