1888 in poetry

none 1888 poetry literature This article covers 1888 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events June 3 – American writer Ernest Thayer's baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" is first published (under the pen name "Phin") as the last of his humorous contributions to The San Francisco Examiner. Works published Canada William Wilfred Campbell, Snowflakes and sunbeams. St. Stephen, NB: St. Croix Courier Press."Campbell, William Wilfred," Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web, Mar. 20, 2011. Published at author's expense. Archibald Lampman, Among the Millet. His first book of poems,Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books including "Heat".Keith, W. J., "Poetry in English: 1867-1918", article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved February 8, 2009 Published at author's expense. Frederick George Scott, The Soul's Quest, and Other Poems. United Kingdom William Allingham, Flower Pieces, and Other Poems, illustrated by Dante Gabriel RossettiCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 Sir Edwin Arnold, translator from the Persian by Sa'di, With Sa'di in the Garden; or, The Book of Love Matthew Arnold, Essays in Criticism, Second Series (see also Essays in Criticism 1865, 1910) W. E. Henley, A Book of Verses Andrew Lang, Grass of Parnassus George Meredith, A Reading of Earth T. W. Rolleston, Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland William Wordsworth, The Recluse, printed from the original manuscript; Wordsworth's plan was to write a long autobiographical poem of three parts and a prelude (see also The Excursion 1814 and The Prelude 1850) posthumously published United States Danske Dandridge, Joy and Other Poems Oliver Wendell Holmes, Before the Curfew and Other PoemsLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi) James Russell Lowell: The English Poets; Lessing, Rousseau, nonfiction Heartsease and Rue Herman Melville, John Marr and Other Sailors Thomas Nelson Page and A. C. Gordon, Befo' de War James Whitcomb Riley: Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury Old-Fashioned Roses Ernest Thayer, "Casey at the Bat" Walt Whitman, November Boughs Other Rubén Darío, Azul James Russell Lowell, Heartsease and RueWagenknecht, Edward. James Russell Lowell: Portrait of a Many-Sided Man. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971 Władysław Mickiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz, sa vie et son œuvre ("Adam Mickiewicz: His Life and Works"), biography written by and collected works edited by the author's son, translated from the original Polish into French, Paris I. L. Peretz, "Monish", Polish poet writing in Yiddish Andrejs Pumpurs, Lāčplēsis ("The Bear-Slayer"), Latvia Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 5 – Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni (died 1970), Italian-born American poet February 8 – Giuseppe Ungaretti (died 1970), Egyptian-born Italian modernist poet and writer February 13 – Desmond FitzGerald (born 1947), English-born Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician March 26 – F. W. Harvey (died 1957), English rural poet and soldier March 30 – Julian Grenfell (died of wounds 1915), English soldier and poet April 6 – Dan Andersson (died 1920), Swedish poet April 30 – John Crowe Ransom (died 1974), American poet, essayist, social and political theorist and academic June 8 – Senge Motomaro 千家元麿 (died 1948), Japanese, Taishō and Shōwa period poet (surname: Senge) June 13 – Fernando Pessoa (died 1935), Portuguese heteronymic poet, writer, critic, translator, publisher and philosopher June 22 – Alan Seeger (killed in action 1916), American poet August 1 – Aline Kilmer, born Aline Murray (died 1941), American poet, children's book author and essayist; wife of Joyce Kilmer September 26 – T. S. Eliot (died 1965), American-born English poet, playwright, editor, critic and writer October 1 – Ryuko Kawaji 川路柳虹, pen-name of Kawaki Makoto (died 1959), Japanese, Shōwa period poet and literary critic (surname: Kawaji) October 14 – Katherine Mansfield (died 1923), New Zealand modernist poet and short story writer October 16 – Eugene O'Neill (died 1953), American playwright October 19 – Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai (died 1972), Indian Tamil-language poet and freedom fighter date not known – Nilkanth Sharma Dal (died 1970), Indian, Kashmiri-language poetDas, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956: Struggle for Freedom: triumph And tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008 Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 28 (last seen alive) - Black Bart (born 1829), American gentleman stagecoach robber and versifier April 15 - Matthew Arnold (born 1822), English poet and critic May 12 - Edward Lear (born 1812), English comic poet July 30 - María Josefa Mujía (born 1812), blind Bolivian poet August 9 - Charles Cros (born 1842), French poet and inventor See also Poetry 19th century in poetry 19th century in literature List of years in poetry List of years in literature Victorian literature French literature of the 19th century Symbolist poetry Poetry Notes Category:19th-century poetry *