1806 in poetry explained
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Events
Works published in English
- Elizabeth Bath, Poems, on Various Occasions
- James Beresford, The Miseries of Human Life; or, The Groans of Timothy Testy, and Samuel Sensitive, published anonymously[3]
- Robert Bloomfield, Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry[3]
- Lord Byron, Fugitive Pieces, including "The First Kiss of Love", published anonymously and privately printed; the author's first publication[3]
- John Wilson Croker, The Amazoniad; or, Figure and Fashion, published anonymously[3]
- Thomas Holcroft, Tales in Verse[3]
- Walter Savage Landor, Simonidea
- James Montgomery, The Wanderer of Switzerland, and Other Poems[3]
- Thomas Moore, Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems
- Thomas Love Peacock, Palmyra, and Other Poems[3]
- Mary Robinson, The Poetical Works of the Late Mrs. Mary Robinson (posthumous)[3]
- William Roscoe, The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, a children's classic
- Sir Walter Scott, Ballads and Lyrical Pieces
- Jane Taylor and Ann Taylor, Rhymes for the Nursery, including "Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
- Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Gazette Publications By Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Carlisle: Printed by Alexander & Phillips[4]
- Thomas Green Fessenden:
- Democracy Unveiled, or, Tyranny Stripped of the Garb of Patriotism. By Christopher Caustic, L. L. D. &c.&c.&c.&c.&c.&c.&c.&c.&c. In Two Volumes ... Third edition, with large additions (New York: Printed for I. Riley, & Co.[4] The most well-known poetic attack on Thomas Jefferson and other prominent Democratic Republicans; in six cantos of mock-heroic footnotes and including many footnotes[5]
- Original Poems, Philadelphia: Printed at the Lorenzo Press of E. Bronson[4]
- John Blair Linn, Valerian, epic poem on the persecution of early Christians; published unfinished after Linn died of tuberculosis; with an introduction by Charles Brockden Brown, his brother-in-law[5]
- Alexander Wilson, The Foresters, a description of nature and events during a walking trip from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls and back again[5]
Works published in other languages
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 19 - Elizabeth Carter (born 1717), English poet, classicist, writer, translator and a prominent member of the Bluestocking circle
- March 3 - Heinrich Christian Boie (born 1744), German author and poet
- May 6 - Ann Yearsley (born c. 1753), English poet and writer
- July 16 - Caterino Mazzolà (born 1745), Italian poet and librettist
- October 19 - Henry Kirke White (born 1785), English
- October 28 - Charlotte Turner Smith (born 1749), English poet and novelist
- date not known - Jupiter Hammon (born 1711), English Colonial American
See also
Notes
Notes and References
- Web page titled "The Thirteen Book / Prelude / by William Wordsworth / Edited by Mark L. Reed", at The Wordsworth Centre website, retrieved April 17, 2010
- Book: Clifford, Brendan. Introduction. Political and Historical Writings on Irish and British Affairs by Thomas Moore. Belfast. Athol Books. 1993. 14.
- Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
- Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
- Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004,, retrieved via Google Books
- France, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 226, New York: Oxford University Press (1995)