1877 in poetry

1877 in poetry

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Events

The "Annus mirabilis" of poetastery

In the annals of poetasting, 1877 stands out as a historic year.

So wrote William Topaz McGonagall (1825 –1902) a Scottish weaver, "actor", and "poet" who would become comically renowned as one of the worst poets in the English language.

Also this year Poetaster Julia A. Moore, following up on the renown of her first book of verse, "The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public" of 1876, decided to appear before her public. She gave a reading and singing performance, with orchestral accompaniment, at a Grand Rapids, Michigan, opera house.

Moore managed to interpret the jeering as criticism of the orchestra.

Works published

* Victor Hugo, "L'Art d'être grand-père"
* Coventry Patmore, "The Unknown Eros and Other Odes"
* Edward Lear. "Laughable Lyrics"

Births

* Sarah Cleghorn
* Sir Muhammad Iqbal (aka "Allama Iqbal" [Urdu] , and "Iqbal-e-Lahori" [Persian] ; died 1938) Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, who wrote in Persian and Urdu, praised as "Muffakir-e-Pakistan" ("The Thinker of Pakistan"), "Shair-i-Mashriq" ("The Poet of the East"), and "Hakeem-ul-Ummat" ("The Sage of Ummah"); his birthday is annually commemorated in Pakistan as "Iqbal Day", a national holiday

Deaths

* August 30 — Toru Dutt, 21, Indian poet, novelist and translator who wrote in English, of pulmonary tuberculosis

ee also

*Poetry


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