Overview of the events of 1811 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1811.
Events
March 25 – The University of Oxford expels the first-year undergraduate Percy Bysshe Shelley after he and Thomas Jefferson Hogg refuse to answer questions on The Necessity of Atheism [ 1] Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things Peter Finnerty (jailed this year for libel against Lord Castlereagh ) and dedicated to Harriet Westbrook. Shelley's Gothic fiction St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian: A Romance 1810 .[ 2] June – Walter Scott buys a farm at Abbotsford, Scotland, and commences building his future residence, Abbotsford House .
October 30 – Jane Austen publishes her first novel: Sense and Sensibility shillings , in Thomas Egerton's Military Library (Whitehall, London).[ 3] [ 4] November 4 – Lord Byron meets Thomas Campbell and Thomas Moore at the home of Samuel Rogers , where the company discusses literary topics.November 21 – German poet Heinrich von Kleist shoots his terminally ill lover Henriette Vogel and then himself, on the shore of the Kleiner Wannsee near Potsdam .[ 5] unknown dates
New books
Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 9 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett , English humorist (died 1856 )February 1 – Arthur Henry Hallam , English poet (died 1833 )February 19 – Jules Sandeau , French dramatist and novelist (died 1883 )February 27 – Alexandru Hrisoverghi , Moldavian poet and translator (died 1837 )June 14 – Harriet Beecher Stowe , American novelist and abolitionist (died 1896 )July 9 – Fanny Fern , American journalist, novelist and children's writer (died 1872 )July 18 – William Makepeace Thackeray , English novelist and satirist (died 1863 )August 31 – Théophile Gautier , French poet and novelist (died 1872 )September 17 – August Blanche , Swedish writer and statesman (died 1868 )October 19 – Andreas Munch , Norwegian poet (died 1884 )[ 9]
Deaths
January 10 – Joseph Chénier , French poet and dramatist (born 1764 )March 7 – Juraj Fándly , Slovak non-fiction writer, entomologist and priest (born 1750 )May 7 – Richard Cumberland , English dramatist (born 1732 )July 28 – Heinrich Joseph von Collin , Austrian dramatist (born 1771 )September 14 – James Grahame , Scottish poet (born 1765 )September 30 – Thomas Percy , English ballad collector and bishop (born 1729 )November 21 – Heinrich von Kleist , German poet (suicide, born 1777 )[ 10] December 19 – Marjorie Fleming , Scottish child writer (born 1803 in literature )[ 11]
References
^ Scott, Winifred (1951). Jefferson Hogg: Shelley's Biographer . London: Jonathan Cape. ^ O'Neill, Michael (2004). "Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792–1822)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/25312 . Retrieved 2015-11-13 .(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ "Oct 30, 1811: Sense and Sensibility is published" . This Day in History . History. Retrieved 2013-03-25 .^ "Pride and Prejudice Economics: Or Why a Single Man with a Fortune of £4,000 Per Year is a Desirable Husband" . Jane Austen's World . 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2013-03-25 .^ Stein, Sadie. "Final Chapter" . Paris Review . Paris Review. Retrieved 16 October 2014 . ^ Patented in 1810 .Meggs, Philip B. (1998). A History of Graphic Design . Wiley. pp. 130– 133. ISBN 0-471-29198-6 ^ Oskar Bandle; Kurt Braunmüller; Ernst Hakon Jahr (2002). The Nordic Languages: An International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages ISBN 978-3-11-014876-3 ^ "BBC - History - Jane Austen" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .^ Norwegian and Swedish Poems ^ Adolf von Wilbrandt (1863). Heinrich von Kleist. [A biography.] ^ Sutherland, Kathryn (2004). "Fleming, Marjory (1803–1811), child diarist" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/9707 . Retrieved 26 March 2019 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
