| Revision as of 05:05, 8 May 2012 editHelpful Pixie Bot (talk | contribs)Bots571,497 editsm ISBNs (Build KE)← Previous edit | Revision as of 18:14, 25 May 2012 edit undoHmains (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers1,214,060 editsm MOS implementation, and/or AWB general fixes using AWB (8062)Next edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| {{Year nav |
{{Year nav topic5|1854|poetry|literature}} | ||
| {{Cquote|'Forward, the Light Brigade!' | {{Cquote|'Forward, the Light Brigade!' | ||
| Was there a man dismay'd?<br> | Was there a man dismay'd?<br> | ||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
| ==Works published in English== | ==Works published in English== | ||
| ===]=== | ===]=== | ||
| * ], ''Day and Night Songs''<ref name=cocel>Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6</ref> | * ], ''Day and Night Songs''<ref name=cocel>Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6</ref> | ||
| Line 33: | Line 34: | ||
| ==Works published in other languages== | ==Works published in other languages== | ||
| ], photographed about this year by Nadar]] | ], photographed about this year by Nadar]] | ||
| ===]=== | ===]=== | ||
| * ]: | * ]: | ||
| Line 55: | Line 57: | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article: | Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article: | ||
| * April 3 – ] (born ]), ] |
* April 3 – ] (born ]), ] | ||
| * April 16 – ] (born ]), ] poet and songwriter | * April 16 – ] (born ]), ] poet and songwriter | ||
| * April 24 – ] (born ]), ] |
* April 24 – ] (born ]), ] | ||
| * April 30 – ] (born ]), ] | * April 30 – ] (born ]), ] | ||
| * December 9 – ] (born ]), ] | * December 9 – ] (born ]), ] | ||
Revision as of 18:14, 25 May 2012
Overview of the events of 1854 in poetry
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
- Some one had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
- Rode the six hundred.
— From "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, first published this year
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published in English
United Kingdom
- William Allingham, Day and Night Songs
- W. E. Aytoun, writing under the pen name "T. Percy Jones", Firmilian; or, The Student of Badajoz, subtitle: "A Spasmodic tragedy"
- Thomas De Quincey, Selections Grave and Gay, including biographical essays (originally published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine in 1834, 1835, 1839 and 1840) on some of the Lake Poets (see also Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets 1860, in which all of the Recollections essays were published)
- Eliza Craven Green, "Ellan Vannin" (later set to music)
- John Keats, The Poetical Works of John Keats, edited by Richard Monckton Milnes; posthumously published
- Coventry Patmore, "The Angel in the House", Part I, also known as The Betrothal (see also The Espousals 1856, Faithful for Ever 1860, The Victories of Love 1863)
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" published in The Examiner on Dec. 9
United States
- Benjamin Paul Blood, The Bride of the Iconoclast
- William Cullen Bryant, Poems
- Phoebe Cary, Poems and Parodies
- William J. Grayson, The Hireling and the Slave
- William H. C. Hosmer, Poetical Works
- Julia Ward Howe, Passion Flowers
Works published in other languages
France
- Louise Colet:
- Ce qu'on rêve en aimant
- L'Acropole d'Athènes
- Gérard de Nerval, Les Chimères, poems appended to the author's book of short stories, Les Filles du feu
- Tiouttchev, Poésies
Other
- Heinrich Heine, Gedichte. 1853 und 1854 ("Poems. 1853 and 1854"), German poet and author living in France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- April 13 – William Henry Drummond, Canadian
- September 24 – George Frederick Cameron (died 1885), Canadian
- October 16 – Oscar Wilde, English
- October 20 – Arthur Rimbaud, French
- Also:
- Govind Vasudev Kanitkar (died 1918), Indian, Marathi-language poet and translator
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- April 3 – John Wilson (born 1785), Scots
- April 16 – Julia Nyberg (born 1784), Swedish poet and songwriter
- April 24 – Gabriele Rossetti (born 1783), English
- April 30 – James Montgomery (born 1771), Scots
- December 9 – Almeida Garrett (born 1799), Portuguese
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
- ^ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- Cook, Roger F., A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine, "Introduction", Boydell & Brewer, 2002, ISBN 978-1-57113-207-9, retrieved via Google Books on April 2, 2009
- Garvin, John William, editor, Canadian poets (anthology), published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916, retrieved via Google Books, June 5, 2009
- "A Chronology of Indian Events", "1918", pp 528–535 Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008