1827 in literature

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The year 1827 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 2.1 Fiction 2.2 Non-fiction 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Awards

[edit] Events

• Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.
• Ludwig Tieck's Berlin production of A Midsummer Night's Dream is the first to feature the musical score composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

[edit] New books

[edit] Fiction

• James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Prairie
  • The Red Rover
• Benjamin Disraeli - Vivian Grey
• Catherine Gore
  • The Lettre de Cachet
  • The Reign of Terror
• Wilhelm Hauff - Jud Süß
• Hannah Maria Jones – Rosaline Woodbridge
• Sir Thomas Dick Lauder - The Wolf of Badenoch
• Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - Intrigue
• Sydney Owenson - The O'Briens and The O'Flaherties
• Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Hope Leslie
• Horatio Smith – Reuben Aspley

[edit] Non-fiction

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

[edit] New drama

• Christian Dietrich Grabbe - Herzog Theodor von Gotland
• Victor Hugo - Cromwell
• Alessandro Manzoni - I Promessi sposi (The Betrothed)

[edit] Poetry

• Heinrich Heine - Buch der Lieder ("Book of Songs"
• Giacomo Leopardi - Operette Morali
• Robert Pollok - The Course of Time
• Tamerlane and Other Poems - written by "A Bostonian", revealed to be Edgar Allan Poe, his first poetry collection

[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