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Overview of the events of 1888 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1888 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France ).
Events
Works published
William Allingham , Flower Pieces, and Other Poems , illustrated by
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
[4]
Sir
Edwin Arnold , translator from the
Persian by
Sa'di , With Sa'di in the Garden; or, The Book of Love
[4]
Matthew Arnold , Essays in Criticism , Second Series (see also Essays in Criticism
1865 ,
1910 )
[4]
W. E. Henley , A Book of Verses
[4]
Andrew Lang , Grass of Parnassus
[4]
George Meredith , A Reading of Earth
[4]
William Wordsworth , The Recluse , printed from the original manuscript; Wordsworth's plan was to write a long autobiographical poem of three parts and a prelude (see also The Excursion
1814 and The Prelude
1850 ) posthumously published
[4]
Other
Rubén Darío , Azul
James Russell Lowell , Heartsease and Rue
[6]
Władysław Mickiewicz,
Adam Mickiewicz , sa vie et son œuvre ("Adam Mickiewicz: His Life and Works"), biography written by and collected works edited by the author's son, translated from the original
Polish into
French , Paris
I. L. Peretz , "Monish", Polish poet writing in
Yiddish
Andrejs Pumpurs ,
Lāčplēsis ("The Bear-Slayer"),
Latvia
Awards and honors
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Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 5 –
Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni (died
1970 ), Italian-born
American poet
February 8 –
Giuseppe Ungaretti (died
1970 ), Egyptian-born
Italian
modernist poet and writer
February 13 –
Desmond FitzGerald (born
1947 ), English-born
Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician
March 26 –
F. W. Harvey (died
1957 ),
English rural poet and soldier
March 30 –
Julian Grenfell (died of wounds
1915 ),
English soldier and poet
April 6 –
Dan Andersson (died
1920 ),
Swedish poet
April 30 –
John Crowe Ransom (died
1974 ),
American poet, essayist, social and political theorist and academic
June 8 –
Senge Motomaro 千家元麿 (died
1948 ),
Japanese ,
Taishō and
Shōwa period poet (surname: Senge)
June 13 –
Fernando Pessoa (died
1935 ),
Portuguese
heteronymic poet, writer, critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
June 22 –
Alan Seeger (killed in action
1916 ),
American poet
August 1 –
Aline Kilmer , born Aline Murray (died
1941 ),
American poet, children's book author and essayist; wife of
Joyce Kilmer
September 26 –
T. S. Eliot (died
1965 ),
American -born
English poet, playwright, editor, critic and writer
October 1 –
Ryuko Kawaji 川路柳虹,
pen-name of Kawaki Makoto (died
1959 ),
Japanese ,
Shōwa period poet and literary critic (surname: Kawaji)
October 14 –
Katherine Mansfield (died
1923 ), New Zealand modernist poet and short story writer
October 16 –
Eugene O'Neill (died
1953 ), American playwright
October 19 –
Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai (died
1972 ),
Indian
Tamil -language poet and freedom fighter
date not known –
Nilkanth Sharma Dal (died
1970 ),
Indian ,
Kashmiri -language poet
[7]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Notes
^ "
Campbell, William Wilfred ," Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web, Mar. 20, 2011.
^
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b Gustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse , revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books
^ Keith, W. J.,
"Poetry in English: 1867-1918" , article in The Canadian Encyclopedia , retrieved February 8, 2009
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g Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004,
ISBN
0-19-860634-6
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h Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983 , 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("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." — from the Preface, p vi)
^ Wagenknecht, Edward. James Russell Lowell: Portrait of a Many-Sided Man . New York: Oxford University Press, 1971
^ Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various,
History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956: Struggle for Freedom: triumph And tragedy, Volume 2 , 1995, published by
Sahitya Akademi ,
ISBN
978-81-7201-798-9 , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
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