1856 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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:
  • Aurora Leigh (first published November 15, dated 1857)^[1]
  • Poems (see also Poems 1844, 1850, 1853)^[1]
• 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), Somali religious and patriotic leader and poet
• Date not known – Kattakkayathil Cherian Mappila (died 1936), Indian, Malayalam-language poet^[7]

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 Malayam^[7]

See also

• 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

1. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
2. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, 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." — from the Preface, p vi)
3. Web page titled "Search >> Thomson, Mortimer ( Q. K. Philander Doesticks P. B. ) (1832–1875)" (a search results page?) at The Vault at Pfaff's website, retrieved July 29, 2009
4. Bentley, D. M. R., "Poetry in English", article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved February 8, 2009
5. Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
6. Rees, William, The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820–1950, Penguin, 1992, ISBN 978-0-14-042385-3.
7. 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