1816 in poetry

1816 in poetry

yearbox2
in?=in poetry
in2?=in literature
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th century

yp1=1813
yp2=1814
yp3=1815
year=1816
ya1=1817
ya2=1818
ya3=1819
dp3=1780s
dp2=1790s
dp1=1800s
d=1810s
da=0
dn1=1820s
dn2=1830s
dn3=1840s|

Events

* This year was known as the "Year Without a Summer" after Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year and cast enough ash in to the atmosphere to block out the sun and cause abnormal weather across much of Northeastern United States and Northern Europe. This pall of darkness inspired Byron to write his poem, "Darkness" in July.
* Lord Byron separates from his wife then leaves England to tour Europe, settling in the summer in Switzerland, at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva; in late May he meets, and soon becomes friends with, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Shelley's wife-to-be Mary Godwin. Regular conversation with Byron has an invigorating effect on Shelley's poetry. While on a boating tour the two took together, Shelley was inspired to write his "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty". Shelley, in turn, influenced Byron's poetry. This new influence showed itself in the third part of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, which Byron was working on, as well as in Manfred, which he wrote in the autumn of this year.
* In late August Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin return to England from Switzerland, taking with them some of Byron's manuscripts for his publisher.
* Shelley is introduced to John Keats in Hampstead towards the end of the year by their mutual friend, Leigh Hunt, who was to transfer his enthusiasm from Keats to Shelley.
* December 30 — Shelley marries Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin after Shelley's first wife, Harriet, drowns herself (her body was found December 10).

Works published

* Lord Byron:
** "Fare Thee Well" written
** "Parisina" published together with "The Siege of Corinth"
** "The Prisoner of Chillon and other Poems"
** "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Part III"; the publisher is able to sell 7,000 copies of both this work and "The Prisoner of Chillon" to booksellers at a dinner in December.
** "The Dream"
** "Prometheus"
** "Darkness" (inspired by the darkness of this year, see above)
** "Manfred"
* Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Christabel and Other Poems", including "Kubla Khan" (written in 1797)
* Leigh Hunt, "Story of Rimini"
* Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Alastor and Other Poems" in February
* John Keats, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer"
* Robert Southey, "A Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo"

Births

* April 21- Charlotte Brontë (died 1855)
* April 22 - Philip James Bailey
* October 26 - Philip Pendleton Cooke (American)

Dates unknown:
* Shirley Brooks, (English)
* Frances Brown (Browne)
* Josiah D. Canning (American)
* Charles Heavysege (Canadian)

Deaths

* July 7 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 64, Irish playwright, Whig statesman, writer and poet

ee also

* Poetry
* List of years in poetry


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1816 in literature — The year 1816 in literature involved some significant new books.Events*John Keats composes the poem, Sleep and Poetry , while staying at the house of his friend, Leigh Hunt.New books*Thomas Ashe The Soldier of Fortune *Jane Austen Emma *Benjamin… …   Wikipedia

  • List of years in poetry — This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry. Contents 1 21st century in poetry 1.1 2010s 1.2 2000s …   Wikipedia

  • Irish poetry — The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work… …   Wikipedia

  • 1818 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1815 yp2=1816 yp3=1817 year=1818 ya1=1819 ya2=1820 ya3=1821 dp3=1780s dp2=1790s dp1=1800s d=1810s da=0 dn1=1820s dn2=1830s dn3=1840s|Events* John Keats… …   Wikipedia

  • Sleep and Poetry — (1816) is a poem by John Keats. It was started late one evening while staying the night at Leigh Hunt s cottage. It is often cited as a clear example of Keats s bower centric poetry, yet it contains lines that make such a simplistic reading… …   Wikipedia

  • 1813 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1810 yp2=1811 yp3=1812 year=1813 ya1=1814 ya2=1815 ya3=1816 dp3=1780s dp2=1790s dp1=1800s d=1810s da=0 dn1=1820s dn2=1830s dn3=1840s|Events* Robert… …   Wikipedia

  • 1819 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1816 yp2=1817 yp3=1818 year=1819 ya1=1820 ya2=1821 ya3=1822 dp3=1780s dp2=1790s dp1=1800s d=1810s da=0 dn1=1820s dn2=1830s dn3=1840s|Events* The period… …   Wikipedia

  • 1817 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1814 yp2=1815 yp3=1816 year=1817 ya1=1818 ya2=1819 ya3=1820 dp3=1780s dp2=1790s dp1=1800s d=1810s da=0 dn1=1820s dn2=1830s dn3=1840s| mdash; opening line …   Wikipedia

  • 1815 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1812 yp2=1813 yp3=1814 year=1815 ya1=1816 ya2=1817 ya3=1818 dp3=1780s dp2=1790s dp1=1800s d=1810s da=0 dn1=1820s dn2=1830s dn3=1840s|Events [ North… …   Wikipedia

  • 1814 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=18th century c=19th century cf=20th century yp1=1811 yp2=1812 yp3=1813 year=1814 ya1=1815 ya2=1816 ya3=1817 dp3=1780s dp2=1790s dp1=1800s d=1810s da=0 dn1=1820s dn2=1830s dn3=1840s|Events* September 14 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

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