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Encyclopedia > 1884 in poetry
Years in poetry: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
Years in literature: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
Decades in poetry: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Centuries in poetry: 18th century 19th century 20th century
Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887

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// F. J. Childs edition of English and Scottish Popular Ballads, in 5 volumes (1882-98), including multiple versions of 305 ballads Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, In the Harbor George Robert Sims, The Dagonet Ballads January 18 — A. A. Milne (died 1956), British author, playwright and writer of childrens poetry... // Robert Browning, Jocoseria Emma Lazarus writes The New Colossus in aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the New York Statue of Liberty George Meredith, Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth Algernon Charles Swinburne, A Century of Roundels Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Passion February 18 — Nikos Kazantzakis... // Robert Louis Stevenson, A Childs Garden of Verses Algernon Charles Swinburne, Marino Faliero Alfred lord Tennyson, Tiresias and Other Poems, and Balin and Balan Leonard Bacon Rupert Brooke Elizabeth Daryush, daughter of Robert Bridges Sir Julian Sorell Huxley John Robinson Jeffers Marianne Moore Edwin Muir Edith Sitwell Sir Sacheverell... // Frederick James Furnivall founds the Shelley Society September 18 — The Symbolist manifesto (‘Le Symbolisme’, Le Figaro} published this date by Jean Moréas, who announced that Symbolism was hostile to plain meanings, declamations, false sentimentality and matter-of-fact description, and that its goal instead was to clothe the Ideal... // Robert Browning, Parleyings with Certain People George Meredith, Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life June 28 — Orrick Glenday Johns (died 1946), American poet September 21 — Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams, (died 1975), Welsh poet, translator and academic Leonard Bacon Rupert Brooke Skipwith Cannell (died 1957), American poet associated with the... See also: 1880 in literature, other events of 1881, 1882 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1881 in literature, other events of 1882, 1883 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1882 in literature, other events of 1883, 1884 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1883 in literature, other events of 1884, 1885 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1884 in literature, other events of 1885, 1886 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1885 in literature, other events of 1886, 1887 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1886 in literature, other events of 1887, 1888 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 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... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // 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. ... // Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...

Events

Awards

Works published

  • Isabella Valency Crawford, Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and Other Poems
  • Amy Levy, A Minor Poet and Other Verse

Amy Levy (1861 – 1889) was a British poet and novelist. ...

Births

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... // Queens Gold Medal for Poetry: Francis Cornford American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry: Conrad Aiken National Book Award for Poetry: Robert Penn Warren, Promises: Poems, 1954-1956 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Stanley Kunitz, Selected Poems 1928-1958 April 15 - Benjamin Zephaniah, British dub poet March... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Francis Brett Young (June 29, 1884 - March 28, 1954) was a British novelist and poet. ... // Robert Creeley founds and edits the Black Mountain Review Jack Kerouac reads Dwight Goddards A Buddhist Bible, which will influence him greatly. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... James Elroy Flecker (November 5, 1884- January 3, 1915) was an English poet, novelist and playwright. ... // The poem Into Battle is published in The Times a few weeks before its author, Julian Grenfell, is killed in battle. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 -1947), a British poet with strong Australian connections. ... Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1884 -1947), a British poet with strong Australian connections. ... // Dorothy Parker divorces Alan Campbell for the first time. ... Angelos Sikelianos [sEkelEA´nOs] (1884–1951), Greek poet and playwright. ... Kostas Varnalis Kostas Varnalis (Burgas 1884 - Athens 1974) was a Greek poet. ...

Deaths

February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Stuart Calverley (December 22, 1831 _ February 17, 1884) was an English poet and wit. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Elias Lönnrot ( ) (April 9, 1802 – March 19, 1884) was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. ... Oral literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken (oral) word to literature as literature operates in the domain of the written word. ... The Kalevala is an epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish folk lore in the 19th century. ... John Harris in an undated photo. ... Many regard William Shakespeare as the greatest English poet. ...

See also

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