1856 in poetry
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Events
- Henry Wallis exhibits his romantic painting of The Death of Chatterton in London with the young poet and novelist George Meredith posing as his 18th-century predecessor Thomas Chatterton.
Works published in English
United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
- Sydney Dobell, England in Time of War[1]
- Edward Fitzgerald, written anonymously, Salaman and Absal[1]
- Walter Savage Landor, Antony and Octavius[1]
- Coventry Patmore, The Espousals (The Angel in the House, Volume 2; see also The Betrothal 1854, Faithful for Ever 1860, The Victories of Love 1863)[1]
- Wesley family, The Bards of Epworth, anthology
United States
- George Henry Boker, Plays and Poems[2]
- Thomas Holley Chivers, Birth–Day Song of Liberty[2]
- William Wilberforce Lord, Andre[2]
- Mortimer Thomson, writing under the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B." (Without the pen name's abbreviations: "Queer Kritter Philander Doesticks, Perfect Brick"), Plu-ri-bus-tah, A Song That's by No Author,[2] a satire of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Hiawatha[3]
- Francois Dominique Rouquette, Fleurs d'Amerique[2]
- Charles Sangster, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems , Canadian poet published in New York[4]
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, second edition[2]
- John Greenleaf Whittier, The Panorama and Other Poems[2]
Other
- Charles Sangster, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems , Canadian poet published in New York[4] by subscription[5]
Works published in other languages
- Aleardo Aleardi, Il Monte Circello ("Mount Circello"), Italy
- Juris Alunāns, Songs, Latvia
- Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations, France[6]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 9 – Lizette Woodworth Reese (died 1935), American
- January 22 – A. D. Godley (died 1925), Irish-born English classical scholar and writer of light verse
- March 4 – Toru Dutt (died 1877), Indian, writing in Sanskrit, French and English
- April 7 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (died 1920), poet and emir of Diiriye Guure[7]
- August 20 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (died 1909), Sorbian poet, writer, playwright and translator
- Date not known – Kattakkayathil Cherian Mappila (died 1936), Indian, Malayalam-language poet[8]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 17 – Heinrich Heine (born 1797), German
- May 2 – James Gates Percival (born 1795), American poet and scientist
- July 21 – Emil Aarestrup (born 1806), Danish
- July 29 – Karel Havlíček Borovský, Czech
- Date not known – Irayimman Thampi (born 1782), Indian, Malayalam-language poet in the court of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma; wrote ' 'Omana tinkal kitjavo' ', a "cradle song" (or lullaby) still popular in Malayalam[8]
See also
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- 19th century in poetry
- 19th century in literature
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- Victorian literature
- French literature of the 19th century
- Poetry
Notes
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- ↑ Web page titled "Search >> Thomson, Mortimer ( Q. K. Philander Doesticks P. B. ) (1832–1875)" Template:Webarchive (a search results page?) at The Vault at Pfaff's website, retrieved July 29, 2009
- ↑ a b Bentley, D. M. R., "Poetry in English", article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved February 8, 2009
- ↑ Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
- ↑ Rees, William, The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820–1950, Penguin, 1992, Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ a b Paniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009
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