1800 in literature
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The year 1800 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- The United States creates the Library of Congress.
[edit] New books
- Helen Craik - The Hermit's Cell
- Maria Edgeworth - Castle Rackrent
- Jane Elson - The Romance of the Castle
- Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis - The Rival Mothers
- Catherine Harris - Edwardina
- William Henry Ireland
- Francis Lathom – Mystery’’
- William Linley - Forbidden Apartments
- Mary Meeke - Anecdotes of the Altamont Family
- Eliza Parsons – The Miser and his Family
- Regina Marie Roche
- The Nocturnal Visit
- The Vicar of Lansdowne
- Catherine Selden - Serena
- Horatio Smith – A Family Story
- Henry Summersett - Final Retribution
- William Frederick Williams - Fitz-Maurice
[edit] New drama
[edit] Non-fiction
- Elizabeth Hamilton - Memoirs of Modern Philosophers
- Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Geschichte des europäischen Staatensystems
- Immanuel Kant - Logik
- Friedrich Schelling - System des transcendentalen Idealismus
- Parson Weems - The Life of Washington
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Anna Maria Hall, novelist
- March 25 - Alexis Paulin Paris, editor of medieval French manuscripts
- May 5 - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher
- October 18 - Sir Henry Taylor, dramatist
- October 25 - Thomas Macaulay, poet
- November 27 - Fanny Kemble
[edit] Deaths
- January 22 - George Steevens, Shakespearean commentator
- February 22 - Joseph Warton
- March 14 - Daines Barrington
- March 29 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
- April 25 - William Cowper, poet
