Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events [edit] Works published - Matthew Arnold, New Poems,[2] including "Dover Beach"
- Philip James Bailey, Universal Hymn (see also Festus 1839)[2]
- Mathilde Blind, publishing under the pen name "Claude Lake", Poems[2]
- Lewis Carroll, "The Hunting of the Snark"
- Jean Ingelow, A Story of Doom, and Other Poems[2]
- William Morris, The Life and Death of Jason[2]
- Algernon Charles Swinburne, Song of Italy[2]
- Augusta Webster, A Woman Sold, and Other Poems[2]
- George Arnold, Poems, Grave and Gay, published posthumously[3]
- John Burroughs, Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person, biography and criticism[3]
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-Day and Other Pieces[3]
- Bret Harte, The Lost Galleon[3]
- Josiah Gilbert Holland, Kathrina: Her Life and Mine, in a Poem[3]
- Emma Lazarus, Poems and Translations[3]
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Flower-de-Luce[3]
- James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers, Second Series[3]
- William Gilmore Simms, editor, War Poetry of the South[4]
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Religious Poems[3]
- Rose Hartwick Thorpe, Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight[3]
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, fourth edition (first edition 1855)[3]
- John Greenleaf Whittier, The Tent on the Beach[5]
[edit] Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - February 9 – Natsume Sōseki 夏目 漱石 (commonly referred to as "Sōseki"), pen name of Natsume Kinnosuke 夏目金之助 (died 1916), Japanese, Meiji Era novelist, haiku poet, composer of Chinese-style poetry, writer of fairy tales and a scholar of English literature; from 1984–2004, his portrait was on the 1000 yen note (surname: Natsume)
- March 15 – Lionel Pigot Johnson (died 1902), British
- April 10 – George William Russell "Æ" (died 1935), Irish
- June 17 – Henry Lawson (died 1922), Australian
- August 2 – Ernest Christopher Dowson (died 1900), English poet, novelist and writer of short stories associated with the Decadent movement
- August 6 – David McKee Wright, New Zealand
- September 17 – Masaoka Shiki 正岡 子規, pen-name of Masaoka Tsunenori 正岡 常規, who changed his name to Noboru 升 (died 1902), Japanese author, poet, literary critic, journalist and, early in his life, a baseball player (surname: Masaoka)
- November 8 – Sadakichi Hartmann (died 1944), American
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: [edit] See also - ^ a b c Bentley, D. M. R., "Poetry in English", article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved February 8, 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ludwig, 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)
- ^ Web page titled "William Gilmore Simms" at the "Classic Encyclopedia" website, based on the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 29, 2009
- ^ Wagenknecht, Edward. John Greenleaf Whittier: A Portrait in Paradox. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967
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