Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events [edit] Works published in English - Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book, Volumes 3 and 4 (Volume 3 published in January, Volume 4 in February; see also The Ring and the Book 1868)[1]
- C. S. Calverley, Theocritus Translated into English Verse[1]
- A. H. Clough, Poems and Prose Remains (see also Letters 1865)
- W. S. Gilbert, Bab Ballads, first published in Fun, a comic journal (see also More 'Bab' Ballads 1872)[1]
- John Keble, Miscellaneous Poems[1]
- William Morris, The Earthly Paradise, Part 3 (published this year, although the book states "1870"; Parts 1 and 2 1868; Part 4 1870)[1]
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Poems
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Holy Grail, and Other Poems, with "The Coming of Arthur," "The Holy Grail," "Pelleas and Ettarre," and "The Passing of Arthur" (published this year, although the book states "1870"; see also Idylls of the King 1859, 1870, 1889, "The Last Tournament" 1871, Gareth and Lynette 1872, "Balin and Balan" in Tiresias 1885)[1]
[edit] Works published in other languages [edit] Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - February 11 – Else Lasker-Schüler (died 1945), German
- May 12 – Frank Morton (died 1923), Australian
- May 23 – Olivia Bush, née Ward, later Banks, American
- July 8 – William Vaughn Moody (died 1910), American
- August 6:
- August 7 – E. J. Brady (died 1952), Australian poet, wharf clerk, a farmer and journalist; founder of the artist colony at Mallacoota, Victoria in Australia
- August 10 – Laurence Binyon (died 1943), English poet, dramatist, and art scholar
- August 21 – Will H. Ogilvie (died 1963), Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman
- October 6 – Bo Bergman (died 1967)
- November 15 – Charlotte Mew (died 1928), English
- December 1 – George Sterling (died 1926), American
- December 22 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American
- December 30 – Stephen Leacock (died 1952)
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: [edit] See also - ^ a b c d e f 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 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)
- ^ Wagenknecht, Edward. John Greenleaf Whittier: A Portrait in Paradox. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967
- ^ Naik, M. K., Perspectives on Indian poetry in English, p. 230, (published by Abhinav Publications, 1984, ISBN 0391032860, ISBN 9780391032866), retrieved via Google Books, June 12, 2009
- ^ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 9780313287787, retrieved December 10, 2008
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