1836 in literature

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also: 1835 in literature, other events of 1836, 1837 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

[edit] Events

• October 2 - HMS Beagle returns to the UK, and Charles Darwin is an instant celebrity.

[edit] New books

• Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed (January)
• The Backwoods of Canada - Catharine Parr Traill
• The Captain's Daughter - Alexander Pushkin
• Grace Darling - G.W.M. Reynolds
• The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
• Mr. Midshipman Easy - Frederick Marryat
• The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
• The Pirate - Frederick Marryat
• Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, A Black Man
• The Three Cutters - Frederick Marryat

[edit] New drama

• Georg Büchner - Leonce and Lena

[edit] Poetry

• Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poems

[edit] Non-fiction

• Ralph Waldo Emerson - Nature
• Arthur Schopenhauer - Über den Willen in der Natur (On the Will in Nature)

[edit] Births

• January 27 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer (+ 1895)
• August 25 - Bret Harte American author (+ 1902)
• September 11 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow American author († 1870)
• Annie Louisa Walker, British writer (+ 1907)

[edit] Deaths

• April 7 - William Godwin, political writer and novelist
• November 5 - Karel Hynek Mácha, poet

[edit] Awards