1842 in literature
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The year 1842 in literature involved some significant literary events and new works.
Events
- January 3 – Charles Dickens sets sail for the United States of America.[1]
- February 14 – Washington Irving is one of the hosts at a public dinner for Charles Dickens in New York.[2]
- March – The Book of Abraham by Joseph Smith, "a translation of some ancient records ... purporting to be the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus",[3] is published in two installments in the Mormon periodical Times and Seasons.
- c. March 7 – Charles Dickens meets Edgar Allan Poe in Philadelphia.[4]
- June 7 – Charles Dickens leaves New York to return to Britain.[1]
- Fanny Burney's diary and letters are posthumously published.
New books
- Honoré de Balzac – The Black Sheep
- Edward Bulwer – Zanoni
- James Fenimore Cooper – The Two Admirals
- Nikolai Gogol
- Catherine Gore – The Ambassador's Wife
- Victor Hugo – Le Rhin
- Samuel Lover – Handy Andy
- Frederick Marryat – Percival Keene
- George Sand – Consuelo
- Albert Smith – The Adventures of Mr Ledbury
New drama
- Nikolai Gogol – Marriage
- Isabel Hill – Brian the Probationer[5]
- Johann Nestroy – Einen Jux will er sich machen
Poetry
- Robert Browning – Dramatic Lyrics
- Thomas Babington Macaulay – Lays of Ancient Rome
- Alfred Tennyson – Poems including "Locksley Hall", "Morte d'Arthur", "Ulysses", "The Lady of Shalott" (2nd version), "Godiva", "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" and "The Two Voices"
Non-fiction
- Charles Dickens – American Notes
- Ralph Waldo Emerson – The Transcendentalist
- Udney Hay Jacob – Peace Maker
- George Sand – Un hiver à Majorque ("A Winter in Majorca")
- Henry David Thoreau – A Walk to Wachusett
Births
- February 4 – Arrigo Boito, Italian poet (died 1918)
- February 25 – Karl May, German writer (died 1912)
- June 24 – Ambrose Bierce, American writer (died 1914)
- July 7 – William Hastie, Scottish scholar (died 1903)
Deaths
- March 23 – Stendhal, novelist, 59 (stroke)[6]
- July 28 – Clemens Brentano, poet and novelist, 63
- October 23 – Wilhelm Gesenius, Biblical commentator, 56
- November 6 – William Hone, publisher and bookseller, 62
- December 7 – Thomas Hamilton, novelist, 53
Awards
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dickens in America - First American Visit - 1842". David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ "When Charles Dickens fell out with America". BBC News. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ↑ Smith, Joseph, Jr. (1 March 1842). "Truth Will Prevail". Times and Seasons (Nauvoo, Il) 3 (9): 704.
- ↑ Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2010). Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-184831-247-0.
- ↑ University of Montreal: British Women Playwrights around 1800. Accessed 7 March 2013
- ↑ Penguin (US): The Red and the Black. Accessed 6 March 2013
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