1827 in literature

1827 in literature

The year 1827 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

* Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.
* Ludwig Tieck's Berlin production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the first to feature the musical score composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

New books

Fiction

*James Fenimore Cooper
**"The Prairie"
**"The Red Rover"
*Benjamin Disraeli - "Vivian Grey"
*Catherine Gore
**"The Lettre de Cachet"
**"The Reign of Terror"
*Wilhelm Hauff - "Jud Süß"
*Christian Isobel Johnstone - "Elizabeth de Bruce"
*Hannah Maria Jones – "Rosaline Woodbridge"
*Sir Thomas Dick Lauder - "The Wolf of Badenoch"
*Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - "Intrigue"
*Sydney Owenson - "The O'Briens and The O'Flaherties"
*Catharine Maria Sedgwick - "Hope Leslie"
*Horatio Smith – "Reuben Aspley"

Non-fiction

*Henry Hallam - "The Constitutional History of England"
*John Keble - "The Christian Year"

New drama

*Christian Dietrich Grabbe - "Herzog Theodor von Gotland"
*Victor Hugo - "Cromwell"
*Alessandro Manzoni - "I Promessi sposi" ("The Betrothed")

Poetry

*Heinrich Heine - "Buch der Lieder ("Book of Songs"
*Giacomo Leopardi - "Operette Morali"
*Robert Pollok - "The Course of Time"
*"Tamerlane and Other Poems" - written by "A Bostonian", revealed to be Edgar Allan Poe, his first poetry collection

Births

* April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905)
* June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901)

Deaths

*August 12 - William Blake, poet
*October 10 - Ugo Foscolo, dramatist
*November 18 - Wilhelm Hauff, poet and novelist

Awards

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