1808 in literature

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

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).^[1]

New books

Fiction

• Sophia Bouverie
  • Lord Hubert of Arundel
  • St. Justin
• James Norris Brewer – Mountville Castle
• Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis – The Earl of Cork
• Sarah Green – Tankerville Family
• Elizabeth Hamilton – The Cottagers of Glenburnie
• Anthony Frederick Holstein – Sir Owen Glendowr
• Heinrich von Kleist – The Marquise of O (novella)
• Francis Lathom – The Northern Gallery
• Caroline Maxwell – Alfred of Normandy
• Charles Maturin – The Wild Irish Boy
• Henrietta Rouviere Mosse – The Old Irish Baronet
• Karoline Pichler – Agathocles
• Henrietta Sykes – Margiana
• Elizabeth Thomas – The Husband and Wife
• Anne Trelawney
  • Characters at Brighton
  • Offspring of Mortimer
• R. P. M. Yorke – Valley of Collares
• Mary Julia Young – The Star of Fashion

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 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 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

1. Appleby, Joyce Oldham (2002). Encyclopedia of Women in American History. Sharpe Reference. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7656-8038-9.