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1808 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1808.

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Events

  • January 3 – The Examiner, "A Sunday paper, on politics, domestic economy, and theatricals", is established in London by John Hunt, edited by his brother Leigh Hunt.
  • September 20 – The first Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, established in 1732, is destroyed by fire along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts. Rebuilding begins in December.
  • Opening of the Théâtre St. Philippe, New Orleans.
  • Charles Thomson's Bible Translation from the Greek (Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant) is printed by Jane Aitken in Philadelphia (United States).

    • Fiction

  • James Norris Brewer – Mountville Castle
  • Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis – The Earl of Cork
  • Sarah Green – Tankerville Family
  • Elizabeth Hamilton – The Cottagers of Glenburnie
  • Heinrich von Kleist – The Marquise of O (novella)
  • Francis Lathom – The Northern Gallery
  • Charles Maturin – The Wild Irish Boy
  • Karoline Pichler – Agathocles
  • Elizabeth Thomas – The Husband and Wife

    • Children

  • Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor – Hymns for Infant Minds

    • Drama

  • James Nelson Barker – The Indian Princess
  • Matthäus Casimir von Collin – Belas Krieg mit dem Vater
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy (published)
  • Heinrich von Kleist
  • Penthesilea
  • The Broken Jug (Der zerbrochne Krug)
  • Adam Oehlenschläger
  • Baldur hin Gode
  • Hakon Jarl

    • Poetry

  • William Blake – Milton (probable date)
  • Friedrich Schiller – published a revised version of his poem "Ode to Joy", and this version formed the basis for the lyrics of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
  • Friedrich Hölderlin – "Der Rhein" and "Patmos"
  • Walter Scott – Marmion

    • Non-fiction

  • Charles Fourier – The Theory of the Four Movements
  • J. F. Fries – Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft (New Critique of Reason)
  • Johann Heinrich Jung – Theorie der Geisterkunde
  • Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel – Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier
  • Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert – Ansichten von der Nachtseite der Naturwissenschaft

    • Births

  • January 27 – David Strauss, German theologian and writer (died 1874)
  • February 5 – Carl Spitzweg, German poet (died 1885)
  • February 16 – Gustave Planche, French critic (died 1857)
  • March 25 – José de Espronceda, Spanish poet (died 1842)
  • April 18 – Teréz Karacs, Hungarian novelist, poet and memoirist (died 1892)
  • May 22 – Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (died 1855)
  • June 17 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet (died 1845)
  • June 21 – John Critchley Prince, English poet (died 1866)
  • June 28 – James Spedding, English author and editor (died 1881)
  • July 10 – Solomon Northup, African-American memoirist (died c. 1864)
  • September 9 – Wendela Hebbe, Swedish playwright, journalist and novelist (died 1899)
  • October 21 – Julia Maitland, English writer on India and children's writer (died 1864)
  • November 2 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist (died 1889)

    • Deaths

  • February 12 – Anna Maria Bennett, English novelist (born c. 1760)
  • May 2 – John Collins, English poet and entertainer (born 1742)
  • September 5 – John Home, Scottish poet (born 1722)
  • September 13 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian man of letters (born 1718)
  • September 25 – Richard Porson, English classicist (born 1757)
  • November 4 – Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian poet (born 1730)
  • December 28 – John Duncan, English miscellanist (born 1721)

    • References

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