1839 in poetry
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| Years in poetry: | 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 |
| Years in literature: | 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 |
| Decades in poetry: | 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s |
| Centuries in poetry: | 18th century 19th century 20th century |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s |
| Years: | 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- William Wordsworth granted an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University.
[edit] Works
- Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Hyperion; Voices of the Night
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poetical Words of Percy Bysshe Shelley in four volumes is published from January to May, edited by Mary Shelley, with her preface and notes, and dedicated to the Shelleys' son, Percy Florence Shelley (London: Edward Moxon; posthumous)
[edit] Births
- January 1 - James Ryder Randall (US)
- April 18 - Henry Kendall, Australian (d 1882)
- June 21 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian (d 1909)
- August 4 - Walter Pater (UK)
- August 25 - Bret Harte (d 1902)
- December 30 - John Todhunter (Irish)
[edit] Deaths
- May 21 - José María Heredia y Campuzano, Cuban poet
- July 15 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed (UK)
Date unknown:
- Thomas Haynes Bayley
