1808 in literature
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The year 1808 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- Opening of the Théâtre St. Philippe, New Orleans.
- The first Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, established in 1732, is destroyed by fire. Rebuilding begins in December.
[edit] New books
- Sophia Bouverie
- Lord Hubert of Arundel
- St. Justin
- James Norris Brewer - Mountville Castle
- Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis -The Earl of Cork
- Sarah Green - Tankerville Family
- Elizabeth Hamilton - The Cottagers of Glenburnie
- Anthony Frederick Holstein – Sir Owen Glendowr
- Francis Lathom - The Northern Gallery
- Caroline Maxwell – Alfred of Normandy
- Charles Maturin - The Wild Irish Boy
- Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - The Old Irish Baronet
- Henrietta Sykes – Margiana
- Elizabeth Thomas - The Husband and Wife
- Anne Trelawney
- Characters at Brighton
- Offspring of Mortimer
- R. P. M. Yorke - Valley of Collares
- Mary Julia Young - The Star of Fashion
[edit] New drama
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust, Part 1
- Heinrich von Kleist - The Broken Jug (English translation)
- Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger - Hakon Jarl
[edit] Poetry
- Sir Walter Scott - Marmion
[edit] Non-fiction
- Charles Fourier - The Theory of the Four Movements
- J. F. Fries - Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft (New Critique of Reason)
- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel - Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier
[edit] Births
- January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian and writer
- February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, German poet
- February 16 - Gustave Planche, French critic
- May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator
- June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet
- June 28 - James Spedding, English author and editor
- November 2 - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist
- Solomon Northup, American memoirist
[edit] Deaths
- September 5 - John Home, Scottish poet
- September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian man of letters
- Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian poet
