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1851 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1851 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
June – While waiting to cross the English Channel on honeymoon, English poet Matthew Arnold probably begins to compose the poem "Dover Beach" (published 1867).[1]
Works published in English
![]() Title page of Thomas Holley Chivers' Eonchs of Ruby
- Thomas Holley Chivers, Eonchs of Ruby: A Gift of Love[3]
- Theodore Sedgwick Fay, Ulric; or, The Voices[3]
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend (republished under the title Christius 1872)[3]
- William Wilberforce Lord, Christ in Hades[3]
- Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Poems[3]
- Frances Fuller Victor, with Metta Victoria Victor, Poems of Sentiment and Imagination[3]
- William Ross Wallace, Meditations in America, and Other Poems[3]
Works published in other languages
Births
Dath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 1 – Mary Shelley (born 1797), English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer and poet
- February 23 – Joanna Baillie (born 1762), Scottish poet and dramatist
- July 6 – David Macbeth Moir (born 1798), Scottish physician and writer
- October 31 (October 19 O.S.) – Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (born 1813), Serbian poet and Prince-Bishop of Montenegro
- December 19 – Henry Luttrell (born 1768), English politician, wit and writer of society verse
See also
Notes
- ^ Allott, Kenneth, ed. (1965). The Poems of Matthew Arnold. London; New York: Longman Norton. p. 240. ISBN 0-393-04377-0.
- ^ a b c d e Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d e f g Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ Henderson, Helene, and Jay P. Pederson, editors, Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary, Detroit: Omnigraphics Inc., 2000
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