1800 in literature

none 1800 literature poetry July 2020 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1800. Events thumb|The Library of Congress, then located in the Capitol Building in 1853 January – Maria Edgeworth's first extended work of fiction, Castle Rackrent ("an Hibernian Tale: Taken from Facts, and from the Manners of the Irish Squires, Before the Year 1782"), is published anonymously in London, variously regarded as the first historical novel, the first regional novel in the English language, the first Anglo-Irish novel, the first Big House novel, the first saga novel and the first with an unreliable narrator.Kirkpatrick, Kathryn J. (1995). "Introduction to Castle Rackrent". Oxford University Press. January 10 – The Serampore Mission and Press is established in Serampore (now part of West Bengal) India by the Baptist missionaries Joshua Marshman and William Ward. The press will grow into the largest in Asia, printing books in nearly every Indian language.Das, Sisir Kumar (2006). "A Chronology of Literary Events, 1800–1910". In A History of Indian Literature: Western Impact, Indian Response, 1800–1910. Sahitya Akademi, 2006. Retrieved via Google Books, July 16, 2009. March – English "ploughboy poet" Robert Bloomfield's The Farmer's Boy is published with engravings by Thomas Bewick, selling over 25,000 copies in the next two years, with 15 editions by 1827 and a number of translations.David Kaloustian Bloomfield, Robert (1766–1823) Online 2004 10.1093/ref:odnb/2676 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2676 2012-03-04 Cox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm April 24 – The United States establishes the Library of Congress. On April 24, 1800, the Library was established when John Adams, the second president of the United States,signed an act of Congress which appropriated $5,000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress...and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them."2 55 Books were ordered from London, forming a collection of 740 books and three maps housed in the new United States Capitol.Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/loc.html March 6, 2006 January 14, 2008 March 12, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110312165046/http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/loc.html live June 14 – Friedrich Schiller's historical drama Mary Stuart has its première in Weimar. September – William Blake begins three years' residence in a cottage at Felpham in Sussex to illustrate the works of William Hayley; here he begins work on his poem Milton.William Blake The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake https://books.google.com/books?id=p-yaJajW3kEC&pg=PA711 7 July 2008 University of California Press 978-0-520-25637-8 711 October 3 – William and Dorothy Wordsworth, walking near Grasmere in the English Lake District, encounter a leech gatherer who inspires his poem "Resolution and Independence", first written 18 months later.978-184831-247-0 Love, Sex, Death & Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature John Sutherland John Sutherland (author) Stephen Fender London Icon 2011 3 October 375–6 New books Fiction Helen Craik – The Hermit's Cell Maria Edgeworth – Castle Rackrent Anne Ford – The School for Fashion Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis – The Rival Mothers William Henry Ireland Gondez the Monk Rimualdo Francis Lathom – Mystery William Linley – Forbidden Apartments Mary Meeke – Anecdotes of the Altamont Family Eliza Parsons – The Miser and his Family Regina Maria Roche The Nocturnal Visit The Vicar of Lansdowne Catherine Selden – Serena Horatio Smith – A Family Story Children François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil Les Petits orphelins du hameau (The young orphans from the hamlet) Paul, ou la Ferme abandonnée (Paul or the abandoned farmstead) Edward Augustus Kendall The Swallow: a fiction interspersed with poetry The Stories of Senex; or little histories of little people Drama Joanna Baillie – De Monfort Richard Cumberland – Joanna of Montfaucon Thomas Dibdin – The School for Prejudice William Godwin – Antonio Prince Hoare – Indiscretion Henry James Pye – Adelaide Frederick Reynolds – Life Friedrich Schiller – Maria Stuart Non-fiction Jacob Boehme – L'Aurore naissante (translated into French by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin) Alexander Geddes – Critical Remarks on the Hebrew Scriptures Elizabeth Hamilton – Memoirs of Modern Philosophers Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren – de Geschichte des europäischen Staatensystems (History of the European System of States) Immanuel Kant – de Logik Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling – System of Transcendental Idealism (de System des transcendentalen Idealismus) Parson Weems – A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington Births January 6 – Anna Maria Hall, Irish novelist (died 1881)Hall, Anna Maria George Clement Boase George Clement Boase 24 January 16 – Robert Bell, Irish-born man of letters (died 1867) March 2 – Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (died 1844)Baratynski, Jewgenij Abramovich March 6 – Gustava Kielland, author and missionary (died 1889)Kielland, Gustava Norsk biografisk leksikon Aschehoug Oslo Brøgger, A. W. Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (archeologist) Jansen, Einar 1st A. Olsen 1936 7 296–297 Norwegian March 12 – Louis Prosper Gachard, Belgian editor (died 1885)Gachard, Louis Prosper 11 382 March 25 – Alexis Paulin Paris, French editor of medieval manuscripts (died 1881) April 17 – Catherine Sinclair, Scottish novelist and children's writer (died 1864) May 5 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)Hachette, Louis Christophe François 12 793 May 8 – Armand Carrel, French writer (died 1836) May 9 – Samuel Carter Hall, English journalist (died 1889)Boase George Clement George Clement Boase Hall, Samuel Carter 24 88 2763972 October 18 – Sir Henry Taylor, English dramatist and poet (died 1886) October 25 Maria Jane Jewsbury, English writer, poet and reviewer (died 1833) Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English-born poet and historian (died 1859) November 27 – Fanny Kemble, English actress and writer (died 1893) unknown dates Costache Aristia, Wallachian translator, poet, dramatist and actor (died 1880) Thomas Henry Lister, English novelist and Registrar General (died 1842) Wanda Malecka, Polish translator, poet and novelist (died 1860) Deaths January 22 – George Steevens, English Shakespearean commentator (born 1736)Steevens, George February 22 – Joseph Warton, English academic and literary critic (born 1722) May - Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr), Welsh clergyman and author (year of birth unknown)s-HUGH-EVA-1800 Hughes, Evan ('Hughes Fawr'; died 1800), cleric and author Robert (Bob) Owen 5 February 2024 March 14 – Daines Barrington, English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist (born 1727) March 16 – David Doig, Scottish educator and writer (born 1719)Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 July 2006 The Royal Society of Edinburgh 0-902-198-84-X https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf 18 February 2016 24 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf dead March 29 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (born 1714)Montalembert Montalembert. I. Marc René de, marquis April 25 – William Cowper, English poet (born 1731)Thomas Taylor The Life of William Cowper, Esq https://books.google.com/books?id=hPIEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA259 1841 Key & Biddle 259 August 25 – Elizabeth Montagu, English literary critic (born 1718)19014 Montagu, Elizabeth Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg September 29 – Michael Denis, Austrian poet (born 1729)Denis, Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael December 26 – Mary Robinson ("Perdita"), English poet, actress and royal mistress (born 1757)https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/robinson/biography.html Mary Darby Robinson (1758-1800) digital.library.upenn.edu May 8, 2019 References 30em External links 1800 Books at Goodreads