Overview of the events of 1842 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1842.
Events
New books
Fiction
Children
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- January 20 – Agnes Leonard Hill, American author, journalist, evangelist, social reformer (died 1917)
- January 26
- February 4 – Arrigo Boito, Italian poet (died 1918)[6]
- February 11 – Maria Louise Eve, American author (died 1900)
- February 25 – Karl May, German popular novelist (died 1912)
- March 4 – Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette, American author (died 1914)
- March 17 – Belle C. Greene, American humor writer (died 1926)
- March 18 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French Symbolist poet (died 1898)
- March 25 – Antonio Fogazzaro, Italian novelist (died 1911)
- June 24 – Ambrose Bierce, American writer (presumed died 1914)
- July 7 – William Hastie, Scottish scholar (died 1903)
- July 11 – Henry Abbey, American poet (died 1911)
- December 23 – Frances Augusta Conant, American journalist and editor (died 1903)
- December 31 – Iacob Negruzzi, Romanian poet, columnist and memoirist (died 1932)
Deaths
- March 23 – Stendhal, French novelist (stroke, born 1783)[7]
- April 7 – Margaret Prior, American memoirist (born 1773)
- May 23 – José de Espronceda, Spanish poet (diphtheria, born 1808)
- June 5 – Thomas Henry Lister, English novelist and Registrar General (born 1800)
- June 17 – Frances Jacson, English novelist (born 1754)
- July 28 – Clemens Brentano, German poet and novelist (born 1778)[8]
- October 23 – Wilhelm Gesenius, German Biblical commentator (born 1786)
- November 6 – William Hone, English satirist and bookseller (born 1780)
- December 7 – Thomas Hamilton, Scottish novelist and philosopher (born 1789)
References
- ^ a b "Dickens in America – First American Visit – 1842". David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ^ "When Charles Dickens fell out with America". BBC News. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ Smith, Joseph Jr. (1 March 1842). "Truth Will Prevail". Times and Seasons. 3 (9). Nauvoo, Il: 704.
- ^ Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2010). Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-184831-247-0.
- ^ Wiley, John (1843). American Book Circular. Wiley and Putnam. Classified List of Some of the Most Important and Recent American Publications. Wiley & Putnam. p. 59. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Earl of Harwood (1997). The New Kobbé's Opera Book. Ebury Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-09-181410-6.
- ^ Penguin (US): The Red and the Black Archived 2013-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 6 March 2013
- ^ Matthias Konzett (11 May 2015). Encyclopedia of German Literature. Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-135-94122-2.