1855 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858

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

Events[]

  • June 12 – Gaisford Prize founded
  • September 27 – Alfred Tennyson reads from his new book Maud and other poems at a social gathering in the home of Robert and Elizabeth Browning in London; Dante Gabriel Rossetti makes a sketch of him doing so[1]
  • Belarusian writer Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich publishes «Гапон» (Hapon) in the Russian Empire, the first poem written wholly in modern Belarusian.

Works published[]

Canada[]

  • Charles Heavysege:
    • The Revolt of Tartarus, a poem in six parts (Montreal)
    • Sonnets (Montreal: H. & G.M. Rose) [2]

United Kingdom[]

  • William Allingham, The Music-Master, illustrated by Arthur Hughes, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and John Everett Millais[3]
  • Matthew Arnold, Poems, Second Series (see also Poems 1853)[3] including Balder Dead
  • Philip James Bailey, The Mystic, and Other Poems (see also Festus 1839)[3]
  • William Cox Bennett:
    • Anti-Maud, "by a poet of the people"; parody of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Maud (see below)[3]
    • War Songs[3]
  • Robert Browning, Men and Women,[3] including Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writing under the pen name "Owen Meredith", Clytemnestra; The Earl's Return; The Artist, and Other Poems[3]
  • Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope, with Other Poems (first published 1799), illustrated by Birket Foster, George Housman Thomas and Harrison Weir[3]
  • Sydney Dobell, writing under the pen name "S. Yendeys", and Alexander Smith, Sonnets on the War[3]
  • Leigh Hunt, Stories in Verse,[3] a collection of his narrative poems, original and translated
  • George MacDonald, Within and Without, the author's first published book[3]
  • , War Lyrics[3]
  • Alfred Tennyson, Maud and other poems, including The Charge of the Light Brigade (first published in a periodical in 1854), Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington 1852 (see also William Cox Bennett's Anti-Maud parody, above)[3]
  • Catherine Winkworth, Lyra Germanica, first series, a popular translation of Versuch eines allgemeinen evangelischen Gesang- und Gebetbuchs by Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von Busen (second series published in 1858)[3]

United States[]

  • Thomas Bailey Aldrich, The Bells: A Collection of Chimes[4]
  • Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne, Poetical Works, posthumously published[4]
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha,[4] a very popular poem, often satirized from within days of its publication through the 20th century
  • Bayard Taylor:
    • Poems of the Orient[4]
    • Poems of Home and Travel[4]
  • Lucy Terry, first known African American poet, "Bars Fight, August 28, 1746", a ballad, posthumously published [5]
  • Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass,[4] the first edition, July 4; Whitman would make many revisions in succeeding editions

Other[]

  • Christian Winther, Hjortens Flugt ("The Flight of the Hart"); Denmark[6]

Births[]

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Deaths[]

Temporary grave of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz in a crypt under his apartment, now Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul (another museum dedicated to the poet is in Paris)

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Tennyson Reading 'Maud'". Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource. Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  2. ^ Bentley, D. M. R. "Poetry in English". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Ludwig, Richard M.; Nault, Jr., Clifford A. (1986). Annals of American Literature 1602-1983. New York: Oxford University Press. p. vi. 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 — Preface.
  5. ^ Davis, Cynthia; West, Kathryn (1996). Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6. Retrieved 2009-02-07. Timeline poetry.
  6. ^ Preminger, Alex; Brogan, T. V. F.; et al. (1993). The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications.
  7. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (1995). "A Chronology of Literary Events 1911-1956". In Das, Sisir Kumar; et al. (eds.). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy. 2. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  8. ^ Mohan, Sarala Jag (1996). "Chapter 4: Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature". In Natarajan, Nalini; Nelson, Emanuel Sampath (eds.). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
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