1808 in literature

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The year 1808 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Contents

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

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.

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
Heinrich von Kleist - The Marquise of O (novella)
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

New drama

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust, Part 1
Heinrich von Kleist
- Penthesilea
- The Broken Jug
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger - Hakon Jarl

Poetry

Sir Walter Scott - Marmion

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

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
Vendela Hebbe, Swedish playwright, journalist and novelist

Deaths

September 5 - John Home, Scottish poet
September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian man of letters
Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian poet