1800 in literature
Overview of the events of 1800 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1800 .
Events
January – Maria Edgeworth 's first extended work of fiction, Castle Rackrent historical novel , the first regional novel in English, the first Anglo-Irish novel, the first Big House novel, the first saga novel and the first with an unreliable narrator .[ 1]
January 10 – The Serampore Mission and Press is established in Serampore (now part of West Bengal ) India by Baptist missionaries Joshua Marshman and William Ward . The press will grow into the largest in Asia, printing books in nearly every Indian language.[ 2] March – English "ploughboy poet" Robert Bloomfield 's The Farmer's Boy is published with engravings by Thomas Bewick , selling over 25,000 copies in the next two years, with 15 editions by 1827 and a number of translations.[ 3] [ 4]
April 24 – The United States establishes the Library of Congress .June 14 – Friedrich Schiller 's historical drama Mary Stuart Weimar .September – William Blake begins three years' residence in a cottage at Felpham in Sussex to illustrate the works of William Hayley ; here he begins work on his poem Milton [ 5]
October 3 – William and Dorothy Wordsworth , walking near Grasmere in the English Lake District , encounter a leech gatherer who inspires his poem "Resolution and Independence ", first written 18 months later.[ 6]
New books
Fiction
Children
François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil
Les Petits orphelins du hameau (The young orphans from the hamlet)Paul, ou la Ferme abandonnée (Paul or the abandoned farmstead)Edward Augustus Kendall
The Swallow: a fiction interspersed with poetry The Stories of Senex; or little histories of little people
Drama
Non-fiction
Births
January 6 – Anna Maria Hall , Irish novelist (died 1881 )[ 7] January 16 – Robert Bell , Irish-born man of letters (died 1867 )March 2 – Yevgeny Baratynsky , Russian poet (died 1844 )[ 8] March 6 – Gustava Kielland , author and missionary (died 1889 )[ 9] March 12 – Louis Prosper Gachard , Belgian editor (died 1885 )[ 10] March 25 – Alexis Paulin Paris , French editor of medieval manuscripts (died 1881)April 17 – Catherine Sinclair , Scottish novelist and children's writer (died 1864 )May 5 – Louis Christophe François Hachette , French publisher Louis Christophe François Hachette , French publisher (d. 1864 )[ 11] May 8 – Armand Carrel , French writer (died 1836 )May 9 – Samuel Carter Hall , English journalist (died 1889 )[ 12] October 18 – Sir Henry Taylor , English dramatist and poet (died 1886 )October 25
November 27 – Fanny Kemble , English actress and writer (died 1893 )unknown dates
Deaths
January 22 – George Steevens , English Shakespearean commentator (born 1736 )[ 13] February 22 – Joseph Warton , English academic and literary critic (born 1722 )May - Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr), Welsh clergyman and author (year of birth unknown)[ 14]
March 14 – Daines Barrington , English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist (born c. 1727 )March 16 – David Doig , Scottish educator and writer (born 1719 )[ 15] March 29 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert , French military engineer and writer (born 1714 )[ 16] April 25 – William Cowper , English poet (born 1731 )[ 17] August 25 – Elizabeth Montagu , English literary critic (born 1718 )[ 18] September 29 – Michael Denis , Austrian poet (born 1729 )[ 19] December 26 – Mary Robinson ("Perdita"), English poet, actress and royal mistress (born 1757 )[ 20]
References
^ Kirkpatrick, Kathryn J. (1995). "Introduction to Castle Rackrent ". Oxford University Press.
^ Das, Sisir Kumar (2006). "A Chronology of Literary Events, 1800–1910". In A History of Indian Literature: Western Impact, Indian Response, 1800–1910 . Sahitya Akademi, 2006. Retrieved via Google Books, July 16, 2009.
^ Kaloustian, David (2004). "Bloomfield, Robert (1766–1823)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/2676 . Retrieved 2012-03-04 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature ISBN 0-19-860634-6 ^ William Blake (7 July 2008). The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake ISBN 978-0-520-25637-8 ^ Sutherland, John ; Fender, Stephen (2011). "3 October". Love, Sex, Death & Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature . London: Icon. pp. 375–6. ISBN 978-184831-247-0 ^ public domain : Boase, George Clement (1890). "Hall, Anna Maria ". In Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography ^ Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Baratynski, Jewgenij Abramovich" Encyclopædia Britannica ^ Olsen, A. (1936). "Kielland, Gustava". In Brøgger, A. W. ; Jansen, Einar (eds.). Norsk biografisk leksikon ^ public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Gachard, Louis Prosper ". Encyclopædia Britannica ^ Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Hachette, Louis Christophe François" Encyclopædia Britannica ^ Boase, George Clement (1890). "Hall, Samuel Carter" Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography OCLC 2763972 .^ public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Steevens, George ". Encyclopædia Britannica ^ Robert (Bob) Owen. "Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; died 1800), cleric and author" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales . Retrieved 5 February 2024 . ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF) . The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016 .^ Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Montalembert. I. Marc René de, marquis" The American Cyclopædia ^ Thomas Taylor (1841). The Life of William Cowper, Esq ^ Schnorrenberg, Barbara Brandon. "Montagu, Elizabeth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/19014 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael ". Encyclopædia Britannica ^ "Mary Darby Robinson (1758-1800)" . digital.library.upenn.edu . Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
