1789 in literature

none August 2013 1789 literature poetry July 2020 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1789. Events 190px|thumb|An 1859 engraving of the protagonist of The Ghost-Seer January 22 – William Hill Brown's anonymous sentimental epistolary novel The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston.New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 46 1892 https://books.google.com/books?id=aD9bVaX9HdIC&pg=PA82 June 1997 Heritage Books 978-0-7884-0651-5 82 February 7 – Première of John Philip Kemble's production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus with himself in the title rôle and his sister Sarah Siddons as Volumnia, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.Furness, H. H. The Tragedie of Coriolanus 1928 Philadelphia Lippincott https://books.google.com/books?id=J9K_9Lqmg0YC&dq=Siddons+volumnia+1789&pg=PA727 727 9780742653016 May 21 – Tomás António Gonzaga is arrested for complicity in the Inconfidência Mineira in Brazil.AnaClaudiaSurianiDa Silva Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768-1930 https://books.google.com/books?id=IzorDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 5 July 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-57331-3 31 May 26 – Friedrich Schiller gives his first lecture as professor of history and philosophy at Jena.Steven D. Martinson A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8E6XsDIm8C&pg=PA169 2005 Boydell & Brewer 978-1-57113-183-6 169 November 1 – Robert Burns informs friends that he has been appointed an exciseman in Scotland.Robert Burns The Works of Robert Burns: Prose https://books.google.com/books?id=NFPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA264 1879 W. Paterson 264 December – Première of Olympe de Gouges's abolitionist play Zamore et Mirza (written 1784; published 1788) as L'Esclavage des nègres ("Slavery of the negroes"); shut down after three performances. December 24 – The literary Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras (born 1744) is arrested by radicals of the French Revolution, charged with plotting to help Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette escape from the country. When convicted of treason and handed his official death sentence by the court clerk, he reads it, shakes his head and says: "I see you have made three spelling mistakes."Terry Breverton Immortal Last Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them https://books.google.com/books?id=1L5gBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT150 29 March 2012 Quercus 978-0-85738-309-9 150 December 28 – Première of Anton Tomaž Linhart's comedy Županova Micka ("Micka, the Mayor's Daughter", an adaptation of Joseph Richter's Die Feldmühle), the first theatrical work in Slovene.Fallon Steve Slovenia The Culture: Arts Lonely Planet 2010 6th 47–48 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741048575 registration 9781741048575 unknown dates Publication in Calcutta of Sir William Jones's Śacontalā, or the fatal ring: an Indian drama, a translation of Kālidāsa's 4th/5th century play Abhijñānaśākuntalam, the first translation of a classical Indian drama into a Western language.Phoebe Gibbes Hartly House, Calcutta https://books.google.com/books?id=fZkLAQAAMAAJ 2007 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-568564-0 xxxviii The Children's Magazine, the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months. New books Fiction Elizabeth Bonhôte – Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy William Hill Brown – The Power of Sympathy. Richard Cumberland – Arundel Ann Radcliffe – The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne Friedrich Schiller – The Ghost-Seer (Der Geisterseher), publication concluded James White – Earl Strongbow Children François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil – Petit Jacques et Georgette, ou les Petits montagnards auvergnats (Little Jacques and Georgette, or the Little Mountain Dwellers of Auvergne) Drama George Colman The Battle of Hexham The Family Party Henry Seymour Conway – False Appearances Richard Cumberland – The School for Widows William Hayley – Marcella Elizabeth Inchbald – The Married Man John O'Keeffe –The Toy Frederick Reynolds – The Dramatist John St John – Mary, Queen of Scots Ann Yearsley – Earl Goodwin Poetry 1789 in poetry William Blake – Songs of Innocence William Lisle Bowles – Sonnets Erasmus Darwin – The Loves of the Plants Non-fiction Jeremy Bentham – An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (publication year, printed in 1780) Olaudah Equiano – The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès – What Is the Third Estate? (Qu'est-ce que le tiers-état?) Births January 11 – John Payne Collier, English Shakespearean critic and forger (died 1883) May 28 – Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Danish historical novelist, playwright and poet (died 1862) September 1 – Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish novelist and literary hostess (died 1849) November 15 – James Scholefield, English classical scholar (died 1853) September 15 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (died 1851) December 28 – Catharine Sedgwick, American novelist (died 1867) Deaths January 21 – Baron d'Holbach, German-born French author, philosopher and encyclopedist (born 1723)Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 https://books.google.com/books?id=b71kAAAAMAAJ 1991 Gale Research Company 978-0-8103-6113-3 147 January 23 – John Cleland, English novelist, biographer and translator (born 1709)John Cleland - British author https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Cleland Encyclopedia Britannica 18 January 2018 en May 21 – Sir John Hawkins, English writer and biographer (born 1719) June 28 – John Walters, Welsh poet (born 1760) October 19 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1721) References 30em External links 1789 Books at Goodreads