1838 in literature

1838 in literature

The year 1838 in literature involved some significant new books.

Events

* George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley form the book publishing and retail firm of Wiley & Putnam in New York City. It is the forerunner of G. P. Putnam's Sons.

New books

*Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -"The Lady of Lyons"
*Hendrik Conscience - "The Lion of Flanders"
*Charles Dickens - "Oliver Twist"
*Karl Immerman - "Munchausen"
*John Pendleton Kennedy - "Rob of the Bowl"
*Frederick Marryat with Edward Howard -"Rattling the Reefer"
*Edgar Allan Poe
**"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket"
**"Ligeia" (short story)
*Ann Sophia Stephens - "Mary Derwent"

New drama

*Dion Boucicault - "A Legend of the Devil's Dyke"
*Franz Grillparzer - "Weh dem der Lugt"
*Victor Hugo - "Ruy Blas"

Poetry

*Elizabeth Barrett Browning - "The Seraphim and Other Poems"

Non-fiction

*Giacomo Casanova - "Memoirs" (final volume)
*Ralph Waldo Emerson - "The Divinity School Address"
*Samuel Smiles - "Physical Education"

Births

* June 26 - Bankim Chatterjee (+ 1894)
*July 20 - Augustin Daly, dramatist and theatre manager (+ 1899)
*November 7 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Symbolist writer (+ 1889)

Deaths

*April 12 - Johann Adam Möhler, theologian (b. 1796)
*July 12 - John Jamieson, lexicographer (b. 1759)
*August 24 - Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and critic (b. 1790)
*December 17 - Józef Zawadzki, publisher (b. 1781)
*December 20 - Hégésippe Moreau, poet (b. 1810)
*December 26 - Ann Hatton, novelist (b. 1764)
*"date unknown"
**Thomas Morton, dramatist (b. 1764)
**Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin, Irish language author (b. 1780)

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