// Robert Browning, Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung, and the Fall of the Niblungs Sarah Cleghorn (died 1959), American poet and socialist June 20 — John Neal, 82, author, art critic, literary critic, poet, who refused to emulate British authors by writing... // Robert Browning, Dramatic Idyls, including Ivàn Ivànovitch Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ballads and Other Poems Joseph Campbell (Ireland) Vachel Lindsay Harold Edward Munro Wallace Stevens Frances Browne James Branch Cabell Richard Henry Dana Sarah Josepha Hale Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon James Clerk Maxwell Poetry Categories: | | ... See also: 1873 in literature, other events of 1874, 1875 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1874 in literature, other events of 1875, 1876 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1875 in literature, other events of 1876, 1877 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1876 in literature, other events of 1877, 1878 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1877 in literature, other events of 1878, 1879 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1878 in literature, other events of 1879, 1880 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1879 in literature, other events of 1880, 1881 in literature, list of years in literature. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

The Annus mirabilis of poetastery

In the annals of poetasting, 1877 stands out as a historic year.

So wrote William Topaz McGonagall (1825 –1902) a Scottish weaver, "actor", and "poet" who would become comically renowned as one of the worst poets in the English language. William Topaz McGonagall (1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor, and poet. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Also this year Poetaster Julia A. Moore, following up on the renown of her first book of verse, The Sweet Singer of Michigan Salutes the Public of 1876, decided to appear before her public. She gave a reading and singing performance, with orchestral accompaniment, at a Grand Rapids, Michigan, opera house. Literary is a work very difficult to do — Julia A. Moore Julia Ann Moore, the Sweet Singer of Michigan, born Julia Ann Davis in Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan (December 1, 1847–June 5, 1920), was an American poet, or more precisely, poetaster. ... // Robert Browning, Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung, and the Fall of the Niblungs Sarah Cleghorn (died 1959), American poet and socialist June 20 — John Neal, 82, author, art critic, literary critic, poet, who refused to emulate British authors by writing... Nickname: Furniture City Location of Grand Rapids within Kent County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Kent Mayor George Heartwell Area    - City 45. ...

Moore managed to interpret the jeering as criticism of the orchestra.

Works published

• Victor Hugo, L'Art d'être grand-père
• Coventry Patmore, The Unknown Eros and Other Odes
• Edward Lear. Laughable Lyrics

Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802-May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman and human rights campaigner, perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... LArt dêtre grand-père or The Art of Being a Grandfather are a series of poems by Victor Hugo. ... Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (July 23, 1823 - November 26, 1896) was an English poet and critic. ... Edward Lear, 1812-1888 Eagle Owl, Edward Lear, 1837 Another Edward Lear owl, in his more familiar style Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised. ...

Births

Muhammad Iqbal

• Sarah Cleghorn
• Sir Muhammad Iqbal (aka "Allama Iqbal" [Urdu], and "Iqbal-e-Lahori" [Persian]; died 1938) Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, who wrote in Persian and Urdu, praised as Muffakir-e-Pakistan ("The Thinker of Pakistan"), Shair-i-Mashriq ("The Poet of the East"), and Hakeem-ul-Ummat ("The Sage of Ummah"); his birthday is annually commemorated in Pakistan as "Iqbal Day", a national holiday

Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Sir Muhammad Iqbāl (Urdu: ‎) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938) was an Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded as among the greatest in modern times. ... Sir Muhammad Iqbāl (Urdu: ‎) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938) was an Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded as among the greatest in modern times. ... // Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, editors, Understanding Poetry (appearing thereafter in revised editions to 1976) Louis MacNeice, The Earth Compels W.B. Yeats, New Poems, including Lapis Lazuli Hawthornden Prize - David Jones for In Parenthesis Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marya Zaturenska: Cold Morning Sky February 22 — Ishmael Reed, American... Persian literature is literature written in Persian, or by Persians in other languages. ... Like other languages, the history of Urdu poetry does not have a firm starting point and shares origins and influences with other linguistic traditions within the Urdu-Hindi-Hindustani mix. ... Umma (Arabic: ‎) is an Arabic word meaning community or nation. ...

Deaths

• August 30 — Toru Dutt, 21, Indian poet, novelist and translator who wrote in English, of pulmonary tuberculosis

August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... Toru Dutt (March 4, 1856 - August 30, 1877) was an English and French poet and author, who made amark in literature in spite of her premature death. ...

See also

Poetry Portal

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