Overview of the events of 1840 in poetry
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Events
The Percy Society is established in Britain to publish scholarly editions of early ballads, poems and other works in English.[ 1]
Works published in English
Thomas Aird , Orthuriel, and Other Poems [ 2] Matthew Arnold , Alaric at Rome [ 2] Robert Browning , Sordello [ 2] Caroline Clive , under the pen name "V", IX Poems by 'V' [ 2] Thomas De Quincey , Recollections of the Lake Poets Lake Poets published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine 1836 ; see also Recollections 1835 , 1839 ):
"Westmoreland and the Dalesmen," January
"Society of the Lakes, I, II, and III," January, March, and June Frederick William Faber , The Cherwell Water-Lily, and Other Poems [ 2] Monckton Milnes , Poetry for the People Thomas Moore , The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore , in 10 volumes, published starting this year and ending in 1841 ;[ 2] Irish poet published in the United KingdomRobert Owen , The Social Bible [ 2] Percy Bysshe Shelley (died 1822 ), edited by Mary Shelley , Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments , including the essay "Defence of Poetry "William Wordsworth , The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth , six volumes (see also reprint of 1842 with a seventh volume of additional poems; Miscellaneous Poems 1820 ; Poetical Works 1827 ; Poetical Works 1836 ; Poems 1845 ; Poetical Works 1857 ; Poetical Works , Centenary Edition, 1870 )[ 2]
Other in English
Philip Pendleton Cooke , "Florence Vane", a popular ballad, often anthologized, written for the author's cousin; first published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine at Edgar Allan Poe 's request; United States [ 3] Thomas Moore , The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore , in 10 volumes, published starting this year and ending in 1841 ;[ 2] Irish poet published in the United Kingdom Frances Sargent Osgood , The Casket of Fate , United States [ 4] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , "The Wreck of the Hesperus ", in New World , January 10, United States
Works published in other languages
Hans Christian Andersen , Jeg er en Skandinav ("I am a Scandinavian"), Denmark [ 5] José de Espronceda , Poesías , including complete version of El estudiante de Salamanca Spain Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich , Ulrich Zwingli , Switzerland Victor Hugo , Les Rayons et les Ombres France [ 6] Mikhail Lermontov , Mtsyri ("The Novice"), Russia Taras Shevchenko , Kobzar Henrik Wergeland , Jan van Huysums Blomsterstykke ("Flower-piece by Jan van Huysum"), Norway
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 13 – Nicholas Flood Davin (died 1901 ), Irish -born Canadian lawyer, journalist, politician and poet
January 18 – Henry Austin Dobson (died 1921 ), English poet and essayist
February 2 – Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris) (died 1838 ), Welsh poet
March 5 – Constance Fenimore Woolson (died 1894 ), American novelist, short-story writer and poet; a grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper
March 18 – William Cosmo Monkhouse (died 1901 ), English poet and critic
June 2 – Thomas Hardy (died 1928 ), English novelist and poet
August 17 – Wilfred Scawen Blunt (died 1922 ), English poet and writer
September 20 – Ellen Mary Clerke (died 1906 ), Irish author, journalist, poet and science writer
October 5 – John Addington Symonds (died 1893 ), English poet and literary critic
Deaths
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See also
Notes
^ Levine, P. J. A. (2003). The Amateur and the Professional: Antiquarians, Historians and Archaeologists in Victorian England 1838–1886 ISBN 978-0-521-53050-7 ^ a b c d e f g h i Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature ISBN 0-19-860634-6 ^ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7 , retrieved via Google Books
^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983 , 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
^ "I am a Scandinavian" . Hans Christian Andersen and Music . Retrieved 2007-01-12 .^ Rees, William (1992). The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820-1950 ISBN 978-0-14-042385-3
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