1851 in literature

1851 in literature

The year 1851 in literature involved some significant new books.

Events

*January 1 - The Georgian theatre company gives its first performance, under the direction of Giorgi Eristavi.
*November 14 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick" is published in full, in a single volume, for the first time.

New books

*Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly - "Une Vieille Maltresse"
*George Henry Borrow - "Lavengro"
*Elizabeth Gaskell - "Cranford"
*Nathaniel Hawthorne - "The House of the Seven Gables"
*Gottfried Keller - "Der Grüne Heinrich"
*Sheridan Le Fanu - "The Watcher"
*Herman Melville - "Moby-Dick"
*John Ruskin - "The King of the Golden River"

Poetry

*Heinrich Heine - "Romanzero"
*Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - "The Golden Legend"
*Matthew Arnold - "Dover Beach" - written not published

Non-fiction

*John Ruskin - "The Stones of Venice", vol 1

Births

* February 8 - Kate Chopin, American writer
* June 11 - Mary Augusta Ward, author (+ 1920)

Deaths

* February 1 - Mary Shelley, author
* February 23 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet, dramatist
*May 23 - Richard Lalor Sheil, dramatist and journalist
*August 10 - Heinrich Paulus, theologian
*September 14 - James Fenimore Cooper, writer
*October 12 - Augusta Leigh, half-sister and lover of Lord Byron
*December 19 - Henry Luttrell, poet
*"date unknown" - Abigail Mott, writer

Awards

*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1851 — This article is about the year 1851. Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 18th century – 19th century – 20th century Decades: 1820s  1830s  1840s  – 1850s –  1860s  187 …   Wikipedia

  • 1851 in New Zealand — PopulationThe estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1851 is 64,350 Māori and 26,707 non Māori. [Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at cite web… …   Wikipedia

  • 1851 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1848 yp2=1849 yp3=1850 year=1851 ya1=1852 ya2=1853 ya3=1854 dp3=1820s dp2=1830s dp1=1840s d=1850s da=0 dn1=1860s dn2=1870s dn3=1880s|EventsWorks… …   Wikipedia

  • 1851 in Wales — This article is about the particular significance of the year 1851 to Wales and its people. Incumbents*Prince of Wales Edward Albert, son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom *Princess of Wales vacant Events*September 24 Vale of Neath Railway… …   Wikipedia

  • 1851 in Ireland — Events*Construction of MacNeill s Egyptian Arch, a railway bridge near Newry on the Dublin Belfast railway line is completed. *Potato crop fails.Arts and literatureportBirths*8 January William McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim, peer (d.1918). *14… …   Wikipedia

  • List of years in literature — This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval… …   Wikipedia

  • American literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States.       Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …   Universalium

  • GERMAN LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences Before the Aufklaerung (Age of Enlightenment), Jewish influences in German literature were essentially biblical and Hebraic. The medieval miracle or mystery plays, in Germany as in England and France, dramatized… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… …   Universalium

  • HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”