1838 in poetry
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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 that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Events
- William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
granted an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by Durham UniversityDurham UniversityThe University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
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United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Elizabeth Barrett, later Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Seraphim, and Other Poems
- Alexander BethuneAlexander BethuneAlexander Bethune , merchant, was the 12th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving from 1907 to 1908. He had previously served five years as alderman. He was a Freemason, and was a founding member of Acacia Lodge No. 22. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery....
, written with John BethuneJohn BethuneJohn Bethune was a Canadian Anglican clergyman and acting principal of McGill University from 1835 to 1846.-Biography:...
, Tales and Sketches of the Scottish Peasantry - Richard Hurrell FroudeRichard Hurrell FroudeRichard Hurrell Froude was an Anglican priest and an early leader of the Oxford Movement.-Life:He was the son of Archdeacon R. H...
, edited by John KebleJohn KebleJohn Keble was an English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his name to Keble College, Oxford.-Early life:...
and John Henry Newman, Remains of the late Richard Hurrell Froude, published posthumously - Leigh Hunt publishes Abou Ben Adhem
- Robert SoutheyRobert SoutheyRobert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, volumes 3-5 (first two volumes published in 18371837 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Clare is institutionalized as insane....
) - Isaac WilliamsIsaac WilliamsThe Reverend Isaac Williams was a prominent member of the Oxford Movement, a student and disciple of John Keble and, like the other members of the movement, associated with Oxford University...
, The Cathedral; or, The Catholic and Apostolic Church in England - William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
's The Sonnets of William Wordsworth
United States
- George Moses HortonGeorge Moses HortonGeorge Moses Horton was an African-American poet.-Biography:He was born into slavery on William Horton's plantation in Northampton County, North Carolina. As a very young child, he and several family members were moved to a tobacco farm in rural Chatham County, when his owner relocated. Horton...
, Hope of Liberty — Poems by a Slave, a third edition of Hope of Liberty, originally published in 18291829 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The American Monthly Magazine is started in Boston by Nathaniel Parker Willis as a humorous and satirical magazine with essays, fiction, criticism, poetry and humor, largely written by the editor...
together with poetry by Phillis WheatleyPhillis WheatleyPhillis Wheatley was the first African American poet and first African-American woman whose writings were published. Born in Gambia, Senegal, she was sold into slavery at age seven...
; a second edition was published in Philadelphia in 18371837 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Clare is institutionalized as insane....
by an abolitionist group, as was this Boston edition; Horton (still alive, unlike Wheatley) received no royalties (although he slave was trying to earn money for his freedom), and likely didn't even know that these editions had been published in the North - James Russell LowellJames Russell LowellJames Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets...
, "Class Poem", the author's first published poem, a satire on new ideas and reforms, including TranscendentalismTranscendentalismTranscendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the 1830s and 1840s in the New England region of the United States as a protest against the general state of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian...
, abolitionism, women's rights and temperance; Lowell later supported many of these ideas and grew to regret writing humorously at their expense - George Pope MorrisGeorge Pope MorrisGeorge Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter.-Life and work:With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily New York Evening Mirror by merging his fledgling weekly New York Mirror with Willis's American Monthly in August 1831...
, The Deserted Bride and Other Poems, the first of numerous editions; includes the author's most popular poem, "Woodman, Spare That Tree!" (which had originally been published in the New York Mirror 18301830 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Godey's Lady's Book, the most popular women's magazine of the 19th century in the United States, is founded in Philadelphia by Louise Antoine Godey. Its circulation would reach 150,000...
) - John Greenleaf WhittierJohn Greenleaf WhittierJohn Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets...
, Poems, expanded edition of the unauthorized work published in 18371837 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Clare is institutionalized as insane....
Other
- Emil AarestrupEmil AarestrupCarl Ludwig Emil Aarestrup was a Danish erotic poet.-Life:Aarestrup was born in Copenhagen, and died in Odense. He graduated in 1827 majoring in medicine. That same year, he married Caroline Aagard and they settled down in Nysted, on the Danish island of Lolland where he lived for most of his life...
, Digte ("Poems"), also called Erotiske Situationer ("Erotic Situations"); Denmark
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- February 5 (?) - Abram Joseph RyanAbram Joseph RyanAbram Joseph Ryan , OSFS, was an American poet, an active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Roman Catholic priest...
, American - February 16 - Henry Adams, American
- June 26 - Bankim Chatterjee (died 18941894 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Yellow Book, published 1894–97...
) - October 8 - John HayJohn HayJohn Milton Hay was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln.-Early life:...
, American
- Date not known:
- Sarah Elizabeth Carmichael, American
- William Reed HuntingtonWilliam Reed HuntingtonWilliam Reed Huntington was an American Episcopal priest and author.-Life:Huntington was born in Lowell, Mass. He graduated at Harvard in 1859 and in 1859–1860 was an instructor in chemistry there. Entering the Episcopal ministry, he was rector of All Saints Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, in...
, American - Charles MairCharles MairCharles Mair was a Canadian poet and journalist. He was a fervent Canadian nationalist noted for his participation in the Canada First movement and his opposition to Louis Riel during the two Riel Rebellions in western Canada.-Life:Mair was born at Lanark, Upper Canada, to Margaret Holmes and...
, CanadianCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience... - Margaret Elizabeth SangsterMargaret Elizabeth SangsterMargaret Elizabeth Sangster was an American poet, author, and editor. She was popular in the late 19th and early 20th century.- Childhood :...
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- October 15 - Letitia Elizabeth LandonLetitia Elizabeth LandonLetitia Elizabeth Landon , English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L.- Early life :...
, likely by suicide - Date not known:
- Margaret Miller Davidson
- Charles Morris
- Annabella Plumptre
- Richard PolwheleRichard PolwheleRichard Polwhele was a Cornish clergyman, poet and topographer.-Biography:Born at Truro, Cornwall, Polwhele met literary luminaries Catharine Macaulay and Hannah More at an early age. He was educated at Truro Grammar School, where he precociously published The Fate of Llewellyn...
See also
- 19th century in poetry19th century in poetry-Decades and years:...
- 19th century in literature19th century in literatureSee also: 19th century in poetry, 18th century in literature, other events of the 19th century, 20th century in literature, list of years in literature....
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- Victorian literatureVictorian literatureVictorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of Queen Victoria . It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century....
- French literature of the 19th centuryFrench literature of the 19th century19th-century French literature concerns the developments in French literature during a dynamic period in French history that saw the rise of Democracy and the fitful end of Monarchy and Empire...
- BiedermeierBiedermeierIn Central Europe, the Biedermeier era refers to the middle-class sensibilities of the historical period between 1815, the year of the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions...
era of German literature - List of years in poetry
- Golden Age of Russian PoetryGolden Age of Russian PoetryGolden Age of Russian Poetry is the name traditionally applied by Russian philologists to the first half of the 19th century. It is also called the Age of Pushkin, after its most significant poet...
(1800–1850) - Young GermanyYoung GermanyYoung Germany was a group of German writers which existed from about 1830 to 1850. It was essentially a youth ideology . Its main proponents were Karl Gutzkow, Heinrich Laube, Theodor Mundt and Ludolf Wienbarg; Heinrich Heine, Ludwig Börne and Georg Büchner were also considered part of the movement...
(Junges Deutschland) a loose group of German writers from about 1830 to 1850 - List of poets
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- List of poetry awards