Overview of the events of 1824 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,Irish orFrance ).
March –Samuel Taylor Coleridge elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Literature in Britain. February 15 –Lord Byron falls ill atMissolonghi while taking part in theGreek War of Independence , dying of fever onApril 19 . May 7 – Première ofBeethoven 'sSymphony No. 9 (the "Choral") at theTheater am Kärntnertor inVienna , incorporating a setting ofSchiller 's "Ode to Joy " (Ode an die Freude ,1785 ). May 17 – The publisherJohn Murray , together with five ofLord Byron 's friends and executors, decides to destroy the manuscript ofByron's memoirs (which he has been given to publish) because he considers the scandalous details would damage Byron's reputation. Opposed only byThomas Moore , the two volumes of memoirs are dismembered and burnt in the fireplace at theJohn Murray (publisher) 's office, 50Albemarle Street in London.[ 1] The United States Literary Gazette Henry Wadsworth Longfellow andWilliam Cullen Bryant , among many others.[ 2] Works published in English [ edit ] Edwin Atherstone ,A Midsummer Day's Dream [ 3] Bernard Barton ,Revelations of the Dead-Alive [ 3] Robert Bloomfield ,The Remains of Robert Bloomfield (posthumous)[ 3] Lord Byron ,Don Juan [ 3] Thomas Campbell :Miscellaneous Poems [ 3] Theodric, and Other Poems [ 3] Catherine Grace Godwin ,The Night Before the Bridal; Sappho; and Other Poems , published under the author's maiden name, "Catherine Grace Garnett"[ 3] William Hazlitt , editor,Select British Poets , anthology[ 3] William Knox ,Songs of Israel , including "Mortality",Scotland Letitia Elizabeth Landon , writing as "L.E.L.",The Improvisatrice, and Other Poems [ 3] Amelia Opie ,The Negro Boy's Tale [ 3] Percy Bysshe Shelley ,Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley published in June byMary Shelley ; suppressed at insistence of Sir Timothy Shelley in September; includes "Julian and Maddalo ", "The Witch of Atlas ", "Prince Athanese", "Ode to Naples", "Mont Blanc ", "Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude ", "The Triumph of Life ", "Marianne's Dream", "Letter to [Maria Gisborne]"[ 3] [ edit ] William Cullen Bryant :Monument Mountain , a popular, blank-verse poem about an Indian princess who falls in love with her cousin, then commits suicide[ 2] Mutation [ 4] Royall Tyler ,The Chestnut Tree , the author's longest poem presents sketches of those who pass beneath a 200-year-old chestnut tree[ 2] Works published in other languages [ edit ] Giacomo Leopardi ,Italian Wilhelm Müller ,German Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten ("Poems from the posthumous papers of a travelling horn-player"), concludes publicationLieder der Griechen ("Songs of the Greeks"), concludes publicationDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 25 –Michael Madhusudan Dutta (মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত also spelled "Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto" and "Datta") (died1873 ), born Madhusudan Dutt,Indian Gujarati andEnglish -language poet and dramatist April 5 –Sydney Thompson Dobell (died1874 ),English May 19 –William Allingham (died1889 ),Irish July 25 –George Boyer Vashon (died1878 ), AfricanAmerican lawyer, abolitionist, poet and scholar August 15 –Charles Godfrey Leland (died1903 ),American folklorist August 21 –Caroline Dana Howe (died1907 ),American poet, hymnwriter, and author[ 6] September 4 –Phoebe Cary (died1871 ),American October –James Lionel Michael (died1868 ),Australian December 10 –George MacDonald (died1905 ),Scots writer, poet and Christian minister Also –Aristotelis Valaoritis (died1879 ),Greek Lord Byron on his deathbed as depicted byJoseph Denis Odevaere c.1826 Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 2 –Susanna Rowson (born1762 ),British -American novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, religious writer, stage actress and educator[ 7] March 30 –Thomas Maurice (born1754 ),English poet and scholar April 13 –Jane Taylor (born1783 ),English poet and novelist April 19 –Lord Byron (born1788 ),English poet andromantic hero August 15 –Carl Arnold Kortum (born1745 ),German writer, poet and physician October 17 –Elizabeth Cobbold (born1765 ),English poet November 23 –Matthäus Casimir von Collin (born1779 ),Austrian poet ^ Eisler, Benita.Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame . p. 3. ^a b c Burt, Daniel S. (2004).The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7 ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cox, Michael, ed. (2004).The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature ISBN 0-19-860634-6 ^ Ludwig, Richard M.; Nault, Clifford A., Jr. (1986).Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983 . 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." — Preface, p vi. ^ Rees, William,The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820-1950 ISBN 978-0-14-042385-3 ^ Sudlow, Lynda L. (2000).A Vast Army of Women: Maine's Uncounted Forces in the American Civil War ISBN 978-1-57747-049-6 ^ Davis, Cynthia J.; West, Kathryn (1996).Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6 . Retrieved2009-02-07 .Timeline poetry.
By language By nationality By type
