1808 in literature

1808 in literature

The year 1808 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

*Opening of the Théâtre St. Philippe, New Orleans.
*The first Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, established in 1732, is destroyed by fire. Rebuilding begins in December.

New books

*Sophia Bouverie
**"Lord Hubert of Arundel"
**"St. Justin"
*James Norris Brewer - "Mountville Castle"
*Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis -"The Earl of Cork"
*Sarah Green - "Tankerville Family"
*Elizabeth Hamilton - "The Cottagers of Glenburnie"
*Anthony Frederick Holstein – "Sir Owen Glendowr"
*Francis Lathom - "The Northern Gallery"
*Caroline Maxwell – "Alfred of Normandy"
*Charles Maturin - "The Wild Irish Boy"
*Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - "The Old Irish Baronet"
*Henrietta Sykes – "Margiana"
*Elizabeth Thomas - "The Husband and Wife"
*Anne Trelawney
**"Characters at Brighton"
**"Offspring of Mortimer"
*R. P. M. Yorke - "Valley of Collares"
*Mary Julia Young - "The Star of Fashion"

New drama

*Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - "Faust, Part 1"
*Heinrich von Kleist - "The Broken Jug" (English translation)
*Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger - "Hakon Jarl"

Poetry

*Sir Walter Scott - "Marmion"

Non-fiction

*Charles Fourier - "The Theory of the Four Movements"
*J. F. Fries - "Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft (New Critique of Reason)"
*Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel - "Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier"

Births

*January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian and writer
*February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, German poet
*February 16 - Gustave Planche, French critic
*May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator
*June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet
*June 28 - James Spedding, English author and editor
*November 2 - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist
*Solomon Northup, American memoirist
* Vendela Hebbe, Swedish playwright, journalist and novelist

Deaths

*September 5 - John Home, Scottish poet
*September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian man of letters
*Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian poet

Awards

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