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Overview of the events of 1817 in literature
Overview of the events of 1817 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1817 .
Events January 27 – March 18 – Jane Austen begins, but abandons her novel Sanditon [1] February 12 – Junius Brutus Booth makes his stage debut in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London.[2] February 20 – Junius Brutus Booth as Iago plays opposite Edmund Kean in the title role of Othello Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.[2] March – Percy and Mary Shelley with Claire Clairmont and the latter's new daughter by Lord Byron , Allegra (at this time called Alba ), having moved from Bath , begin a year's residence in Marlow, Buckinghamshire , England, where Mary completes Frankenstein The Revolt of Islam [3]
April 1 – Blackwood's Magazine Edinburgh Monthly MagazineWilliam Blackwood , relaunches it as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine .August 6 – Gas lighting on stage is introduced in London's English Opera House (extended to the auditorium on September 8). On September 6 it is introduced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , where it has already been installed in the auditorium and foyer, and the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden , as a demonstration.[4] December 18 – 20 – William Hone successfully defends himself in a London court on charges arising from his publication of political satires.December 28 – English painter Benjamin Haydon introduces John Keats to William Wordsworth and Charles Lamb at a dinner in London to celebrate progress on his painting Christ's Entry into Jerusalem , in which all feature.[5] December 31 – Walter Scott 's historical novel Rob Roy Archibald Constable in Edinburgh, while a shipload of copies is carried from Leith to London for simultaneous publication there by Longman .[6] December – Jane Austen 's first and last completed novels, respectively Northanger Abbey Persuasion John Murray in London (dated 1818), six months after the author's death at Winchester . Her brother Henry Austen contributes a biographical note, which first publicly identifies her as the author of her previously anonymous novels. She had earned £684 in her lifetime from her writing.
unknown – J. & J. Harper publishing house is founded in New York City by James Harper and his brother John.[7] New books Fiction Drama Poetry Non-fiction Births José Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet and dramatist (died
1893 March 19 – Jozef Miloslav Hurban , Slovak writer, radical and minister (died 1886 )May 7 – Euphemia Vale Blake , British-born American author and critic (died 1904 )May 21 – Hermann Lotze , German philosopher (died 1881 )July 12 – Henry David Thoreau , American poet and philosopher (died 1862 )September 5 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Russian poet, dramatist and novelist (died 1875 )September 14 – Theodor Storm , German novelist and poet (died 1888 )December 31 – James T. Fields , American publisher (died 1881 )Deaths References
^ Lane, Anthony (6 March 2017). "Reading Jane Austen's Final, Unfinished Novel" . The New Yorker . Retrieved 26 March 2019 . ^ a b Taylor, Dave (2013-12-28). "When Junius Took the Stage – Part 5" . BoothieBarn . Retrieved 2014-05-20 . ^ "The Shelleys Move to Marlow – Frankenstein Completed" . Frankenstein Diaries . Retrieved 2020-08-03 .^ "Theatres Compete in Race to Install Gas Illumination – 1817" (PDF) . Over The Footlights . Retrieved 2014-05-20 .. ^ Scott, Walter (2010) [1829]. Lang, Andrew (ed.). Rob Roy . Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. p. 69. It is an event unprecedented in the annals either of literature or of the custom-house that the entire cargo of a packet, or smack, bound from Leith to London, should be the impression of a novel. . ^ Mihir Bose: A Hatred for Hindus, History Today (Vol 66/12, December 2016), p. 3.
^ public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "José Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza ". Catholic Encyclopedia . . ^ "BBC - History - Jane Austen" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 26 March 2019 ..
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "José Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
