Talk:List of years in literature

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[edit] The Scream

1893 in literature - The Scream - Edvard Munch.

I do not understand why this is included. The Scream is a painting, see Edvard Munch.

Sebastjan

[edit] Literary Expert

List of years in literature shows two dates, 1838 and 1828, for publication of The Birds of America by John James Audubon. I can't find the proper date. Maybe someone here knows. Thanks. JillandJack 13:36, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The problem is there is no single date. The first (Havell) edition was published in sets of 5 followed by a four volume complete betewwn 1826 and 1838. Hope this helps. Filiocht 14:14, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] What to Include?

Is this list supposed to contain only "notable" literature, or everything that was published during that year? -- Gizzakk 18:18, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Evidently. Only a few per year as you can see. Skinnyweed 17:02, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
We really need a standard - the page is chaotic at the moment. I'm sure Lawrence Lessig is an interesting writer, but was his book really the most notable literary event of 2004?
I suggest including the world bestseller and a couple of prizewinners.
Dybryd 19:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
I have been concerned that newer editors might misunderstand the intention of this page, and believe that any entry for a specific year in literature might need to be added to this page, rather than to the individual pages for the specific years. For recent years (20th and 21st centuries), I agree with Dybryd to include the world bestseller and a couple of prizewinners. For earlier centuries, I'd suggest works that are well-known from high-school or college English Lit or World Lit courses - or works that appear on reputable lists of "the best books of all time" type. How to communicate this? A message-box at the top of this talk page? And/or just moving the lesser-known entries to the appropriate individual year page, with a brief but clear edit summary to explain?

-- Lini 03:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

Well no because some clearly have more than one. Either cut it to one or change to "...annotated with significant events..." I would probably cut to one, such as moving Haunted from 2005 which I've never even heard of. Clearly 2005 was Harry Potter and nothing else. What do you think? (Well, perhaps excepting 1922)

And is Hegemony or Survival really "literature"? Whatever.

Skinnyweed 17:04, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links to awards and [year] in literature pages

I've been adding items to the awards lists in various "[year] in literature" pages and breaking up the awards lists by nationality (based on where the award is given). Also, on each literary award page I come across, I've been adding links for each year in the list of winners to the "[year] in literature" page for that year, a kind of cross indexing that could prove useful for researchers or browsers. At Poetry prizes, I'm currently soliciting comments for opinions on various changes to literary awards pages and organizing those pages into lists for easier navigating, and I'd welcome comments from anyone interested. Noroton 16:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed notability guidelines

For years since 1900, I suggest the following books be listed for each year:

  • The fiction bestseller, but only if it or its author is notable enough for an existing WP article
  • The Booker prizewinner
  • The Pulitzer prizewinner
  • Books on the Modern Library list of the 20th century's 100 best, if any

Dybryd 20:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

This list isn't English literature only. Those criteria seem biased towards literature in English.--Larrybob 01:00, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I would assume that a book cannot really be considered noteworthy if it does not have an individual WP page. This holds for Births in individual years and a similar arrangement seems best here. In addition, I'm not sure why this header page needs to list notable works in a year if the individual pages already contain them. And some of the choices are a little eclectic. For example, even though I'm a King fan I don't see that DUMA KEY is overly notable. Maybe in 10 years it might be seen that way, but not now. --Perry Middlemiss (talk) 02:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Odd categories

The categories for each year seem odd: "new books" and "novels", for example. Why aren't the novels "new"? What distinguishes the "books" from everything else? Awadewit | talk 09:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)