1840 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
United Kingdom
- Thomas Aird, Orthuriel, and Other Poems[1]
- Matthew Arnold, Alaric at Rome[1]
- Robert Browning, Sordello[1]
- Caroline Clive, under the pen name "V", IX Poems by 'V'[1]
- Thomas De Quincey, Recollections of the Lake Poets, final two essays on the Lake Poets published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (first essay published in 1836; see also Recollections 1835, 1839):
- "Westmoreland and the Dalesmen," January
- "Society of the Lakes, I, II, and III," January, March, and June
- Frederick William Faber, The Cherwell Water-Lily, and Other Poems[1]
- Thomas Moore, The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, in 10 volumes, published starting this year and ending in 1841;[1] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Robert Owen, The Social Bible[1]
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, edited by Mary Shelley, Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, including the essay "Defence of Poetry", posthumously published
- William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, six volumes (see also reprint of 1842 with a seventh volume of additional poems; Miscellaneous Poems 1820; Poetical Works 1827; Poetical Works 1836; Poems 1845; Poetical Works 1857; Poetical Works, Centenary Edition, 1870)[1]
Other in English
- Philip Pendleton Cooke, "Florence Vane", a popular ballad, often anthologized, written for the author's cousin; first published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine at Edgar Allan Poe's request; United States[2]
- Thomas Moore, The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, in 10 volumes, published starting this year and ending in 1841;[1] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom
- Frances Sargent Osgood, The Casket of Fate, United States[3]
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Wreck of the Hesperus", in New World, January 10, United States
Works published in other languages
- Hans Christian Andersen, Jeg er en Skandinav ("I am a Scandinavian"), Denmark[4]
- Victor Hugo, Les Rayons et les Ombres ("Beams and shadows"), France[5]
- Mikhail Lermontov, Mtsyri ("The Novice"), Russia
- Taras Shevchenko, Kobzar ("The Bard"), Russia
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 13 – Nicholas Flood Davin (died 1901), Irish-born Canadian lawyer, journalist, politician and poet
- January 18 – Henry Austin Dobson (died 1921), English poet and essayist
- March 5 – Constance Fenimore Woolson (died 1894), American novelist, short-story writer and poet; a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper
- March 18 – William Cosmo Monkhouse (died 1901), English poet and critic
- June 2 – Thomas Hardy (died 1928, English author and poet
- August 17 – Wilfred Scawen Blunt (died 1922), English poet and writer
- October 5 – John Addington Symonds (died 1893), English poet and literary critic
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
- 19th century in poetry
- 19th century in literature
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- Victorian literature
- French literature of the 19th century
- Biedermeier era of German literature
- List of years in poetry
- Golden Age of Russian Poetry (1800–1850)
- Young Germany (Junges Deutschland) a loose group of German writers from about 1830 to 1850
- List of poets
- Poetry
- List of poetry awards
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ↑ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
- ↑ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ↑ "I am a Scandinavian". Hans Christian Andersen and Music. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ↑ Rees, William (1992). The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820-1950. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-042385-3.
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