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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1808.
Events
- The Examiner, "A Sunday paper, on politics, domestic economy, and theatricals", is established in London by John Hunt, edited by his brother Leigh Hunt.
- January 30 – The Théâtre St. Philippe opens in New Orleans, United States.[1]
- 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.
Uncertain date
- 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).[2]
New books
Fiction
- James Norris Brewer – Mountville Castle[3]
- Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis – The Earl of Cork
- Sarah Green – Tankerville Family[4]
- Elizabeth Hamilton – The Cottagers of Glenburnie[5]
- Heinrich von Kleist – Die Marquise von O...[6]
- Francis Lathom – The Northern Gallery
- Charles Maturin – The Wild Irish Boy
- Karoline Pichler– Agathocles
- Joseph Strutt – Queenhoo Hall (Completed by Walter Scott)
- Elizabeth Thomas – The Husband and Wife
Children
- Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor – Hymns for Infant Minds
Drama
- James Nelson Barker – The Indian Princess[7]
- Matthäus Casimir von Collin – Belas Krieg mit dem Vater (Béla's War with His Father)[8]
- Richard Cumberland – The Jew of Mogadore
- Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy(published)
- Theodore Hook – The Siege of St Quintin
- Heinrich von Kleist
- Penthesilea
- The Broken Jug (Der zerbrochne Krug)
- Adam Oehlenschläger
- Baldur hin Gode
- Hakon Jarl
- John Tobin – The School for Authors
Poetry
- William Blake – Milton (probable date)
- Friedrich Schiller – revised version of "Ode to Joy", which formed the basis for the lyrics of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
- Friedrich Hölderlin
- "Der Rhein"
- "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)
- Gustave Planche, French critic (died 1857)
- March 16 – Hannah T. King, British-born American writer and pioneer (died 1886)
- March 22 – Caroline Norton (née Caroline Sheridan), English poet, pamphleteer and social reformer (died 1877)
- 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)[9]
- June 17 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet (died 1845)[10]
- June 21 – John Critchley Prince, English poet (died 1866)
- June 22 – Xavier Marmier, French writer and translator (died 1892)
- 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)
- Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist (died 1889)
- Unknown date – Harriet Ward, English non-fiction and fiction writer (died 1873)
Deaths
- February 12 – Anna Maria Bennett, English novelist (born c. 1760)
- April 4 – Lady Charlotte Murray, English writer and botanist (born 1854)
- 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)
- Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian poet (born 1730)
- December 28 – John Duncan, English miscellanist (born 1721)
- c. November/December – Nólsoyar Páll, Faroese merchant and poet, lost at sea (born 1766)
Uncertain date
- Maria Riddell – West Indies-born poet, naturalist and travel writer (born 1772)
References
- ISBN 978-0-89950-955-6.
- ISBN 978-0-7656-8038-9.
- ISBN 978-0-19-818318-1.
- ISBN 978-0-19-818318-1.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-6203-7.
- ISBN 978-1-57113-227-7.
- ISBN 978-1-101-17721-1.
- ^ Conversations-Lexicon: in zwei Bänden. A - Cz, [und im Anhange Artikel über die katholischen Glaubenslehren von A - D]. 1,1 (in German). Brockhaus. 1822. p. 688.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7945-4.
- ^ Norwegian and Swedish Poems. Bergen. 1872. p. 41.