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Encyclopedia > List of years in literature

This page indexes the individual "year in literature" pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. Literature is literally acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction...

History of Literature


A stone tablet containing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry which attempt to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/hearer/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Early Literature
Early Indian literature
Indian literature * Sanskrit literature
Chinese literature
Greek literature
Latin literature
Persian literature
Pahlavi literature * Persian literature
The Medieval Period
Matter of Rome * Matter of France * Matter of Britain * Medieval literature * Arabic literature * 13th century in literature * 14th century in literature
European Renaissance Literature
European Renaissance Literature * 15th century in literature
The early modern period
16th century in literature * 17th century in literature
European literature in the 18th century
1700s * 1710s * 1720s * 1730s * 1740s * 1750s * 1760s * 1770s * 1780s * 1790s * 1900s
Modern Literature, 19th century
1800s * 1810s * 1820s * 1830s * 1840s * 1850s * 1860s * 1870s * 1880s * 1890s * 1900s
Modern Literature, 20th century
Modernism
Structuralism * Deconstruction * Poststructuralism * Postmodernism * Post-Colonialism * Hypertext fiction
1900s * 1910s * 1920s * 1930s * 1940s * 1950s * 1960s * 1970s * 1980s * 1990s * 2000s
Modern Literature in Europe
European Literature
Modern Literature in the Americas
Argentine literature * Brazilian literature * Canadian literature * Colombian literature * Cuban literature * Jamaican literature * Mexican literature * Peruvian writers * Literature of the United States
Australasian Literature
Australian literature * New Zealand literature
Modern Asian Literature
Modern Asian Literature * Chinese literature * Indian literature * Pakistani literature * Tamil literature * Hindi literature * Urdu literature * Indian writing in English * Bengali literature * Marathi literature * Malayalam literature * Japanese literature * Vietnamese literature
African Literature
African literature * Nigerian literature * South African literature
Other topics
History of theater * History of science fiction * History of ideas * Intellectual history * Literature by nationality

2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - 1870s - 1860s - 1850s - 1840s - 1830s - 1820s - 1810s - 1800s - 1790s - 1780s - 1770s - 1760s - 1750s - 1740s - 1730s - 1720s - 1710s - 1700s - 1690s - 1680s - 1670s - 1660s - 1650s - 1640s - 1630s - 1620s - 1610s - 1600s - Pre 1700s The History of literature begins with the history of writing, in Bronze Age Mesopotamia, although the oldest literary texts that have come down to us date to a full millennium after the invention of writing, to the late 3rd millennium BC. The earliest literary author known by name is Enheduanna... Indian literature is generally acknowledged, but not wholly established, as the oldest in the world. ... Literature in Sanskrit, one of Indias two oldest languages, and the basis of several modern languages in India. ... // Classical texts Main article: Chinese classic texts China has a wealth of classical literature, both poetry and prose, dating from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 B.C.) and including the Classics attributed to Confucius. ... At the moment this page contains a list of links. ... Latin literature, the body of written works in the Latin language, remains an enduring legacy of the culture of ancient Rome. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Persian literature (in Persian: ) spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. ... According to the mediæval poet Jean Bodel, the Matter of Rome was the literary cycle made up of Greek and Roman mythology, together with episodes from the history of classical antiquity, focusing on military heroes like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. ... The Matter of France is a body of mythology and legend that springs from the Old French medieval literature of the chansons de geste. ... Arthurian legend or the Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, especially those centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ... Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (encompassing the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. ... Center For Arabic Culture (CAC) Christina Campo-Abdoun & Seifed-Din Abdoun http://cacac. ... See also: Pre 13th century in literature, other events of the 13th century, 14th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 13th century in literature, other events of the 14th century, 15th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... Renaissance literature is European literature, after the Dark Ages over an extended period, usually considered to be initiated by Petrarch at the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, and sometimes taken to continue to the English Renaissance and into the seventeenth century. ... See also: 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... 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This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... Modernism is a cultural movement that generally includes the progressive art and architecture, music, literature and design which emerged in the decades before 1914. ... Structuralism is a general approach in various academic disciplines that explores the interrelationships between fundamental elements of some kind, upon which some higher mental, linguistic, social, cultural etc structures are built, through which then meaning is produced within a particular person, system, culture. ... The term deconstruction was coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s and is used in contemporary humanities and social sciences to denote a philosophy of meaning that deals with the ways that meaning is constructed and understood by writers, texts, and readers. ... Post-structuralism is a body of work that followed in the wake of structuralism, and sought to understand the Western world as a network of structures, as in structuralism, but in which such structures are ordered primarily by local, shifting differences (as in deconstruction) rather than grand binary oppositions and... It has been suggested that postmodernity be merged into this article or section. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Hypertext fiction is a genre of electronic literature found mostly online, characterized by non-linearity and reader interaction. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ... Jorge Luis Borges Argentine literature is placed among the most important in Spanish language, with world-famous writers such as José Hernández, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig, Julio Cortázar and Ernesto Sábato. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mexican literature plays an important role in Mexican culture. ... This topic is considered to be an essential subject on Wikipedia. ... Australian literature in English began soon after the establishment of the country by Europeans. ... New Zealand claims as its own many writers, even those immigrants born overseas or those emigrants who have gone into exile. ... Pakistani literature, that is, the literature of Pakistan, as a distinct literature came into being when Pakistan gained its nationhooood as a sovereign state in 1947. ... Tamil literature is literature in the Tamil language which most prominently includes the contributions of the Tamil country (or Tamizhagam) history, a large part of which constitutes the modern state of Tamil Nadu and Kerala as well as some parts of Karnataka and Andra pradesh. ... Literature in Hindi, the language spoken by the majority of people in India. ... Urdu literature has a long and colorful history that is inextricably tied to the development of that very language, Urdu, in which it is written. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Indian English Literature. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... Literature in Marathi. ... Literature written in Malayalam language. ... Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millennia. ... Vietnamese literature is literature, both oral and written, created by Vietnamese-speaking people. ... South Africa has a diverse literary history. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... This article is on science fiction literature. ... The history of ideas is a field of research in history and in related fields dealing with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time. ... Intellectual history means either: the history of intellectuals, or: the history of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate ideas. ...


2000s

See also: 2005 in literature, other events of 2006, 2007 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... Cover of Chuck Palahniuks Haunted Haunted (2005, 404 pages) is a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk that was released on May 3, 2005. ... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: ) (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist living in Portland, Oregon. ... This article is about the book. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... See also: 2003 in literature, other events of 2004, 2005 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The book cover Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity (2004) is a book by law professor Lawrence Lessig that was released on the Internet under the Creative Commons Attribution/Non-commercial license (by-nc 1. ... Lawrence Lessig Lawrence Lessig (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For the film, see The Da Vinci Code (film). ... Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for writing the controversial 2003 bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. ... Hegemony or Survival: Americas Quest for Global Dominance, published November 2003 is a book by Noam Chomsky, a macroscopic view of United States foreign policy from World War II to the post-Iraq War reconstruction. ... Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (b. ... Roman Triptych. ... Official papal image of John Paul II. His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Atonement (2001) is a novel by British writer Ian McEwan. ... Ian McEwan CBE, (born June 21, 1948), is a British novelist (sometimes nicknamed Ian Macabre because of the nature of his early work). ... Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World is a work of non-fiction based upon the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. ... Margaret Olwen MacMillan OC (born 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a historian and professor at the University of Toronto and is also Provost of Trinity College. ... See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Red Pollard on Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... Laura Hillenbrand born 1967 is the author of the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend, a non-fiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit. ... The cover of Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. ... Yann Martel Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative, fundamentalist Christian non-profit organization founded in 1977 by Rev. ... Robert Clark Young (born 1960) is an American author of novels, essays, and short stories. ... One of the Guys is an earnestly satirical and picaresque novel by Robert Clark Young, published in 1999, concerning the fantastical adventures of a man posing as a chaplain on a U.S. Navy ship which goes berserk and terrorizes a number of ports in the Far East before the... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ... Grazyna Miller (1957) is a poet born in Poland. ...

1990s

See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. ... Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris (born July 3, 1964) is a British author. ... See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Man in Full is a novel by Tom Wolfe, published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cover of the International edition, distributed in the Australia, Canada, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books written by British author J. K. Rowling, and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. ... Joanne Jo Rowling, OBE (born 31 July 1965[1]) is a British fiction writer who writes under the pen name of J. K. Rowling[2]. Rowling became famous as author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has gained international attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 300 million copies... See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cover of Angelas Ashes Angelas Ashes is a memoir by Frank McCourt, and tells the story of his childhood. ... Frank McCourt (born August 19, 1930, New York City) is an Irish-American teacher and author. ... This is about the novel, for the Series see Left Behind (series) Left Behind: a Novel of the Earths Last Days is a novel in the series Left Behind, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. ... Timothy F. LaHaye (b. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Celestine Prophecy is a 1993 novel by James Redfield. ... James Redfield (born on March 19, 1950) is a novelist. ... See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Christmas Box is an American book written by Richard Paul Evans and self-published in 1993. ... Richard Paul Evans (born October 11, 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American author. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article is on the book. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC , MA , BA (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy Award winning film, The English Patient. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Such a Long Journey (1998) is a film based upon the novel Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry. ... Rohinton Mistry (born July 3, 1952) is considered to be one of the foremost authors of South Asian origin writing in English. ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... W. G. (Winifried Georg Maximilian) Sebald (18 May 1944, Wertach im Allgäu–14 December 2001, Norfolk, United Kingdom) was a German writer and academic. ...

1980s

See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Remains of the Day (1989) is the third novel by British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro. ... Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ Kazuo Ishiguro, originally 石黒一雄 Ishiguro Kazuo, born November 8, 1954) is a British author of Japanese origin. ... The Joy Luck Club DVD cover Spoiler warning: As the novel opens Jing-Mei June Woo has just lost her mother, Suyuan, to an aneurism. ... Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Ä’nmÄ›i), an American writer, was born February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California several years after her parents immigrated to the U.S. from China. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize. ... Peter Carey (born February 7, 1943) is an Australian novelist. ... The Satanic Verses cover The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdies fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. ... Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Urdu: , Hindi: on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born, ethnically Kashmiri, British essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... In education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses and their contents offered by an institution such as a school or university. ... Grazyna Miller (1957) is a poet born in Poland. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Beloved cover Beloved is a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison about the legacy of slavery. ... for the Louisiana politician, see deLesseps Morrison, Jr. ... See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of taxa. ... Thomas Bernhard Thomas Bernhard (February 9, 1931 - February 12, 1989) was an Austrian playwright and novelist. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cover of The Handmaids Tale The Handmaids Tale is a 1985 dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is one of Canada’s most important contemporary writers. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For other uses of the term white noise, see white noise (disambiguation). ... Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American author best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Color Purple book cover The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker which received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ... Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author and feminist whose most famous novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Régine Deforges (born on August 15, 1935) is a French author, editor, director, and playwright. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Smileys People is a spy novel by John le Carré, published in 1979, by Random House (ISBN 0394508432). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

1970s

See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is the author of a number of books, is a former MP and was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and was later convicted of perjury. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The World According to Garp book cover The World According to Garp is a novel by John Irving. ... <Under Construction> // Career Irvings career began at the age of 26 with the publication of his first novel, Setting Free the Bears. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1977 books | Novels ... Dame Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999) was an Irish born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Samuel Ray Chip Delany, Jr. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Book of Sand (El libro de arena) is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. ... Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died June 14, 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. ... See also: 1973 in literature, other events of 1974, 1975 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Carrie. ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels. ... See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Burr or Bur may refer to: In certain species of plants, burr is a seed or dry fruit in which the seeds bear hooks or teeth which attach themselves to fur or clothing of passing animals or people. ... Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), known simply as Gore Vidal, is a well-known American writer of novels, plays, and essays and has been a public figure for over fifty years. ... See also: 1971 in literature, other events of 1972, 1973 in literature, list of years in literature. ... An illustration for the main theme of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. ... Richard Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. ... See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Rosamunde Pilcher OBE (maiden name Scott, born 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, United Kingdom) is a British novelist. ... See also: 1969 in literature, other events of 1970, 1971 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Deliverance is a 1972 Warner Bros. ... James Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States poet and novelist. ...

1960s

See also: 1968 in literature, other events of 1969, 1970 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Portnoys Complaint book cover Portnoys Complaint (1969) is American writer Philip Roths fourth and, to date, still most popular novel, with many of its characteristics (ribald, comedic prose; themes of sexual desire and sexual frustration; a self-conscious literariness) having gone on to become Roth trademarks. ... Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey) is a Jewish-American novelist. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 - November 24, 2004) was a British/Canadian/American/Bahamian novelist. ... See also: 1966 in literature, other events of 1967, 1968 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Allan W. Eckert (born January 30, American historian, naturalist and author Allan W. Eckert was born on January 30, 1931 in Buffalo, New York, and raised in the Chicago, Illinois area but has been a long-time resident of Ohio where he attended university. ... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Master and Margarita book cover. ... Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Herzog cover Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Little Big Man is a book and later, a movie in 1970. ... Thomas Louis Berger (born July 20, 1924) is a U.S. novelist. ... See also: 1962 in literature, other events of 1963, 1964 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La Planète des Singes. ... Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist. ... See also: 1961 in literature, other events of 1962, 1963 in literature, list of years in literature. ... One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1962) is a fiction novel by Ken Kesey. ... Ken Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and as a cultural figure whom some consider a link between the beat generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. ... See also: 1960 in literature, other events of 1961, 1962 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Catch 22 can refer to: A book by Joseph Heller, or the movie based on the book; see Catch-22. ... (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirist best remembered for writing the satiric World War II classic Catch-22. ... See also: 1959 in literature, other events of 1960, 1961 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Book cover artwork for To Kill a Mockingbird has taken many forms over the years which emphasize different symbolisms, themes and plot details from the novel. ... Nelly Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist, worst known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

1950s

See also: 1958 in literature, other events of 1959, 1960 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. ... ). Categories: Stub ... Claude Simon (10 October 1913 – 6 July 2005) was the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature who in his novels combined the poets and the painters creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... On the Road is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Viking Press in 1957. ... Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts – October 21, 1969, St. ... See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Visit is the title of various English translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatts play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, The Visit of the Old Lady). It is probably the most well-known of his work, at least in the English-speaking world. ... Friedrich Dürrenmatt (January 5, 1921 – December 14, 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. ... See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Tunnel in the Sky is a science fiction book written by Robert Heinlein and published in 1955. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Lord of the Flies cover Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author William G. Golding. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 – June 19, 1993), British novelist, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1983) // Early life Golding was born on September 19, 1911 at St Columb Minor, a village near Newquay, Cornwall, England. ... See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Casino Royale is the first James Bond novel by author Ian Fleming. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author and journalist, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ... See also: 1951 in literature, other events of 1952, 1953 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Waiting for Godot (sometimes subtitled: tragicomedy in 2 acts) is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, written in the late 1940s and first published in 1952. ... Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. ... Charlottes Web book cover Charlottes Web is a childrens book by acclaimed American author E. B. White, first published in 1952. ... Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899–October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, author, and noted prose stylist. ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Catcher in the Rye book cover. ... Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ... See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Bald Soprano also translated as the Bald Prima Donna (French:La Cantatrice Chauve) was the first play written by Eugène Ionesco. ... Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the absurd. ...

1940s

See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Nineteen Eighty-Four is a political novel which George Orwell wrote in opposition to totalitarianism. ... Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950), much better known by the pen name George Orwell (pronounced ), was a British author and journalist. ... See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Doktor Faustus is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, begun in 1943 and published in 1947 as . ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist, and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual. ... -1... Cover of the diarys Definitive Edition, 1995. ... See also: 1945 in literature, other events of 1946, 1947 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Iceman Cometh is a play by Eugene ONeill, which was later made into a TV movie in 1960 as well as a big screen motion picture in 1973, both by the same name. ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright. ... See also: 1944 in literature, other events of 1945, 1946 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil) is a novel originally written in German by the Austrian author Hermann Broch. ... Hermann Broch (November 1, 1886 - May 30, 1951) was a 20th century Austrian writer, considered one of the major Modernists. ... See also: 1943 in literature, other events of 1944, 1945 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Our Lady of the Flowers is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, published in 1944 in French as Notre-Dame des fleurs. ... Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ... See also: 1942 in literature, other events of 1943, 1944 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Four Quartets is the name given to four related poems by T. S. Eliot, collected and republished in book form in 1943 (ISBN 0156332256). ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... See also: 1941 in literature, other events of 1942, 1943 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Stranger, also translated as The Outsider, (the original French version is called LÉtranger) (1942) is a novel by Albert Camus. ... Albert Camus, in an undated publicity photograph. ... See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was a British author who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... See also: 1939 in literature, other events of 1940, 1941 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Native Son (1940) is a novel by African-American author Richard Wright. ... Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction. ...

1930s

See also: 1938 in literature, other events of 1939, 1940 in literature, list of years in literature. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish name Séamas Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... See also: 1937 in literature, other events of 1938, 1939 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For other uses, see Nausea (disambiguation). ... Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic. ... See also: 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two displaced Anglo migrant farm workers in California during the Great Depression (1929-1939). ... John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer of the 20th century. ... See also: 1935 in literature, other events of 1936, 1937 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Death on the Installment Plan, also translated as Death on Credit, (original French title: Mort à crédit) is an existential novel by author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, published in 1936. ... Louis-Ferdinand Destouches (May 27, 1894 – July 1, 1961) was a French writer and physician who wrote under the nom de plume Céline. // Life He was born Louis-Ferdinand Destouches at Courbevoie in the Seine département (now Hauts-de-Seine). ... See also: 1934 in literature, other events of 1935, 1936 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Wystan Hugh Auden (February 21, 1907–September 29, 1973) was an English poet. ... Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Christopher Isherwood (prior to 1946 Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood) (August 26, 1904 – January 4, 1986), Anglo-American novelist, was born in the ancestral seat of his family, Wybersley Hall, High Lane, in the north west of England. ... See also: 1933 in literature, other events of 1934, 1935 in literature, list of years in literature. ... I, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, (ISBN 067972477X) first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesars assassination in 44 BC to Caligulas assassination in 41 AD... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English scholar, poet, and novelist. ... See also: 1932 in literature, other events of 1933, 1934 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died June 14, 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. ... See also: 1931 in literature, other events of 1932, 1933 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Book cover of Brave New World. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was a British writer who emigrated to the United States. ... See also: 1930 in literature, other events of 1931, 1932 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck, first published in 1931, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. ... Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: 赛珍珠; Pinyin: Sài ZhÄ“nzhÅ«) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was a prolific writer and Nobel Prize winner. ... See also: 1929 in literature, other events of 1930, 1931 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Man without Qualities (German original title: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) is a novel in three books by the Austrian novelist and essayist Robert Musil. ... Robert Musil (Klagenfurt, Austria, November 6, 1880 – April 15, 1942 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer, author of the unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities (in German, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), one of the most important modernist novels. ...

1920s

See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Berlin Alexanderplatz is a novel by Alfred Döblin, published in 1929. ... Alfred Döblin (August 10, 1878 – June 26, 1957) was a German expressionist novelist, best known for Berlin Alexanderplatz. ... See also: 1927 in literature, other events of 1928, 1929 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Lady Chatterleys Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence written in 1928. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... See also: 1926 in literature, other events of 1927, 1928 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Marcel-Valentin-Louis-Eugène-Georges Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was a French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost Time (in French À la recherche du temps perdu, also translated previously as Remembrance of Things Past), a monumental work... See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Sun Also Rises is the first significant novel by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1926, following a group of expatriate Americans in Europe during the 1920s. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. ... José Ortega y Gasset José Ortega y Gasset (May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955) was a Spanish philosopher. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The cover of the Scribner Paperback Fiction Edition, 1995. ... F.Scott Fitzgerald, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer. ... See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Billy Budd is a short novel finished around 1891 by Herman Melville. ... Herman Melville Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, essayist and poet. ... See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Duino Elegies (German Duineser Elegien) are a set of ten elegies written in German by Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke from 1912 to 1922. ... Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is generally considered the German languages greatest 20th century poet. ... See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ulysses is a 1922 novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from 1918 to 1920, and published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach in 1922, Paris. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish name Séamas Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... T. S. Eliot (by E. O. Hoppe, 1919) The Waste Land (sometimes mistakenly written as The Wasteland) is a highly influential 433-line modernist poem by T. S. Eliot. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born British poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, and Four Quartets, are considered defining achievements of... For other uses, see Steppenwolf. ... Hermann Hesse in 1927 Hermann Hesse (pronounced ) (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. ... Marcel-Valentin-Louis-Eugène-Georges Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was a French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost Time (in French À la recherche du temps perdu, also translated previously as Remembrance of Things Past), a monumental work... This article is in need of attention. ... See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Sigrid Undset as photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1927. ... See also: 1919 in literature, other events of 1920, 1921 in literature, List of years in literature. ... The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by Edith Wharton which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. ... Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ...

1910s

See also: 1918 in literature, other events of 1919, 1920 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a book by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... See also: 1917 in literature, other events of 1918, 1919 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington. ... Time magazine, December 21, 1925 Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 _ May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. ... Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey first published in 1918 and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. ... Giles Lytton Strachey (March 1, 1880–January 21, 1932) was a British writer and critic. ... See also: 1916 in literature, other events of 1917, 1918 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... See also: 1915 in literature, other events of 1916, 1917 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In physics, the term relativity is used in several, related contexts: Galileo first developed the principle of relativity, which is the postulate that the laws of physics are the same for all observers. ... Albert Einstein, photographed by Yousuf Karsh in 1948. ... See also: 1914 in literature, other events of 1915, 1916 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Metamorphosis - First edition 1915 Illustration: Ottomar Starke The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and The Castle. ... Kafka redirects here. ... See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Stephen Butler Leacock, Ph. ... See also: 1912 in literature, other events of 1913, 1914 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Petersburg or St. ... Leon Bakst Portrait of Andrei Bely Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (October 14, 1880 (Old Style)- January 8, 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. ... See also: 1911 in literature, other events of 1912, 1913 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Death in Venice book cover The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig. ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist, and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual. ... See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1913 advertisement for the 11th edition, with the slogan When in doubt — look it up in the Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (properly spelled with æ, the ae-ligature) was first published in 1768–1771 as The Britannica was an important early English-language general encyclopedia and is still... See also: 1909 in literature, other events of 1910, 1911 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells the story of class struggle in turn-of-the-century England. ... E. M. Forster as a young man in about 1905 E.M. Forster should not be confused with C. S. Forester, author of the Horatio Hornblower novels. ...

1900s

See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Song of Solomon is also the title of a novel by Toni Morrison. ... Hermann Sudermann (September 30, 1857- November 21, 1928), German dramatist and novelist, was born at Matziken in East Prussia, close to the Russian frontier, of a Mennonite family long settled near Elbing. ... See also: 1907 in literature, other events of 1908, 1909 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Anne of Green Gables boxed set cover. ... Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ... See also: 1906 in literature, other events of 1907, 1908 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Arnold Bennett, British novelist Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931) was a British novelist. ... See also: 1905 in literature, other events of 1906, 1907 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Arthur Machen (March 3, 1863 – December 15th, 1947) was a leading Welsh-born author of the 1890s. ... See also: 1904 in literature, other events of 1905, 1906 in literature, list of years in literature. ... White Fang (1910) is the title of a novel by American author Jack London. ... Photograph of Jack London. ... See also: 1903 in literature, other events of 1904, 1905 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Nostromo is a 1904 novel by Polish-born British novelist Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana. ... Joseph Conrad. ... See also: 1902 in literature, other events of 1903, 1904 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article contains weasel words, which may compromise its neutrality. ... W. E. B. DuBois William Edward Burghardt DuBois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist, sociologist, freemason, and scholar. ... See also: 1901 in literature, other events of 1902, 1903 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Immoralist book cover The Immoralist is a novel by André Gide, published in France in 1902 as Limmoraliste. ... André Paul Guillaume Gide (November 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951) was a French author and, at times, a spokesman for gay rights (disputed — see talk page). ... See also: 1900 in literature, other events of 1901, 1902 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Buddenbrooks book cover Buddenbrooks was Thomas Manns first novel, published in 1901 when he was twenty six years old. ... Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, social critic, philanthropist, and essayist, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and intellectual. ... See also: 1899 in literature, other events of 1900, 1901 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by embarking on a life of sin rather than by hard work and perseverance. ... Theodore Dreiser, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. ...

1890s

See also: 1898 in literature, other events of 1899, 1900 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ... See also: 1897 in literature, other events of 1898, 1899 in literature, list of years in literature. ... mile Zola (April 2, 1840 - September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... See also: 1896 in literature, other events of 1897, 1898 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling. ... Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... See also: 1895 in literature, other events of 1896, 1897 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Morris, socialist and innovator in the Arts and Crafts movement William Morris, publisher Davids Charge to Solomon (1882), a stained-glass window by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris in Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts. ... See also: 1894 in literature, other events of 1895, 1896 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Almayers Folly is Joseph Conrads first novel and was published in 1895. ... Joseph Conrad. ... Pharaoh (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last of the major novels by Bolesław Prus. ... Bolesław Prus Bolesław Prus (pronounced: [bɔlεswaf prus]; August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912), born Aleksander Głowacki, was a Polish journalist, short-story writer, and novelist. ... See also: 1893 in literature, other events of 1894, 1895 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (February 9, 1863 _ July 8, 1933), better known as Anthony Hope was a British novelist, best remembered today for his short novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894, set in the fictional kingdom of Ruritania, a prequel The Heart of Princess Osra (a collection of short... See also: 1892 in literature, other events of 1893, 1894 in literature, list of years in literature. ... VHS cover for the 1945 film version showing Hurd Hatfield (centre) as Gray, Donna Reed (left) as Gladys Hallward, Angela Lansbury (right) as Sibyl Vane and George Sanders (background) as Lord Henry Wotton The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890 and... Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. ... See also: 1891 in literature, other events of 1892, 1893 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Time magazine, September 17, 1923 Israel Zangwill (February 14, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was a British-born Zionist and writer. ... See also: 1890 in literature, other events of 1891, 1892 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... See also: 1889 in literature, other events of 1890, 1891 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Actress Cate Blanchett in the title role of Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler is both a play and a fictional character created by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906) was an influential Norwegian playwright who was largely responsible for the rise of the modern realistic drama (dubbed the father of modern drama). It is said that Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. ...

1880s

See also: 1888 in literature, other events of 1889, 1890 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The cover for the first part of the first edition. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (IPA:) (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900), a German philologist and philosopher, produced critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered around a basic question regarding the positive and negative attitudes toward life of various systems of morality. ... See also: 1887 in literature, other events of 1888, 1889 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A portrait of George Moore by Édouard Manet George Augustus Moore (February 24, 1852 - January 21, 1933) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. ... See also: 1886 in literature, other events of 1887, 1888 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Marie Corelli (May 1, 1855 - April 21, 1924), was a British novelist. ... See also: 1885 in literature, other events of 1886, 1887 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Little Lord Fauntleroy is a sentimental childrens novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. ... Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English playwright and author. ... See also: 1884 in literature, other events of 1885, 1886 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published in 1885. ... Walter Horatio Pater (August 4, 1839 - July 30, 1894) was an English essayist and literary critic. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... The Idylls of the King is a sequence of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that expresses the legend of King Arthur in terms of the psychology and concerns of nineteenth-century England. ... See also: 1883 in literature, other events of 1884, 1885 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Mary Augusta Ward Huxley and Arnold family tree. ... See also: 1882 in literature, other events of 1883, 1884 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (IPA: ) (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer. ... See also: 1881 in literature, other events of 1882, 1883 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... See also: 1880 in literature, other events of 1881, 1882 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. ... See also: 1879 in literature, other events of 1880, 1881 in literature, list of years in literature. ... George Gissing (November 22, 1857 – December 28, 1903) was a British novelist. ...

1870s

See also: 1878 in literature, other events of 1879, 1880 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Red Room (Röda rummet) is a Swedish novel by August Strindberg, written in 1879. ... August Strindberg Portrait of August Strindberg by Richard Bergh (January 22, 1849 – May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. ... See also: 1877 in literature, other events of 1878, 1879 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alla Tarasova as Anna Karenina. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910, N.S.; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian Novelist, Philosopher, Christian Anarchist, Pacifist, Educational Reformer, Vegetarian, Moral Thinker and an influential member of the Tolstoy family. ... See also: 1876 in literature, other events of 1877, 1878 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women, which she wrote in 1868. ... See also: 1875 in literature, other events of 1876, 1877 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Buchanan (1813-1866) was an Owenite lecturer and journalist, and the father of Robert Williams Buchanan. ... See also: 1874 in literature, other events of 1875, 1876 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Caricature from Punch, 1881: TO THE GREATEST AXE-AND-NECK-ROMANCER OF OUR TIME, WHO IS QUITE AT THE HEAD OF HIS PROFESSION, WE DEDICATE THIS BLOCK AD MULTOS ANNOS! William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882) was a British writer. ... See also: 1873 in literature, other events of 1874, 1875 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Les Diaboliques can mean: The 1874 novel Les Diaboliques by Jules Amédée Barbey dAurevilly. ... Barbey dAurevilly is buried alongside the castle of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte Jules Amédée Barbey dAurevilly (November 2, 1808 – April 23, 1889), was a French novelist. ... See also: 1872 in literature, other events of 1873, 1874 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1871 in literature, other events of 1872, 1873 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Birth of Tragedy (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik, 1872) is a 19th Century work of philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsche. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (IPA:) (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900), a German philologist and philosopher, produced critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered around a basic question regarding the positive and negative attitudes toward life of various systems of morality. ... See also: 1870 in literature, other events of 1871, 1872 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Middlemarch is a novel by George Eliot, first published in 1871. ... George Eliot Mary Ann Evans, better known by the pen name George Eliot (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880), was an English novelist. ... See also: 1869 in literature, other events of 1870, 1871 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Front page of Vingt Mille Lieues Sous les Mers 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (or Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1870 under the title Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. ... Jules Verne. ...

1860s

See also: 1868 in literature, other events of 1869, 1870 in literature, list of years in literature. ... War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Vojna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Vojna i mir) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1863 to 1869, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910, N.S.; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian Novelist, Philosopher, Christian Anarchist, Pacifist, Educational Reformer, Vegetarian, Moral Thinker and an influential member of the Tolstoy family. ... See also: 1867 in literature, other events of 1868, 1869 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott published on September 30, 1868, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. ... Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women, which she wrote in 1868. ... See also: 1866 in literature, other events of 1867, 1868 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ... See also: 1865 in literature, other events of 1866, 1867 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Esten Cooke (1830 - 1886), novelist, born in Virginia, illustrated the life and history of his native state in the novels, The Virginia Comedians (1854), and The Wearing of the Gray, a tale of the Civil War, and more formally in an excellent History of the State. ... See also: 1864 in literature, other events of 1865, 1866 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Tenniels illustration for A Mad Tea-Party, 1865 Illustration by Arthur Rackham Alices Adventures in Wonderland is a work of childrens literature by the British mathematician and author, Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. ... Lewis Carroll. ... See also: 1863 in literature, other events of 1864, 1865 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edmond de Goncourt (May 26, 1822 – July 16, 1896), writer, critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt. ... See also: 1862 in literature, other events of 1863, 1864 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 31, 1811 - October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist and literary critic. ... See also: 1861 in literature, other events of 1862, 1863 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Portrait of Cosette by Emile Bayard, from the original edition of Les Misérables (1862) Les Misérables (trans. ... Victor-Marie Hugo. ... See also: 1860 in literature, other events of 1861, 1862 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Framley Parsonage is the fourth of Anthony Trollopes Barsetshire series of novels, and was first published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine in 1860. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... See also: 1859 in literature, other events of 1860, 1861 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1850s

See also: 1858 in literature, other events of 1859, 1860 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame and patriotism. ... Dickens redirects here. ... See also: 1857 in literature, other events of 1858, 1859 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ivan Turgenev, photo by Félix Nadar (1820-1910) For other uses, see Turgenev (disambiguation). ... See also: 1856 in literature, other events of 1857, 1858 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Madame Bovary book cover For the film, see Madame Bovary (film) Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert that was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialised in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, resulting in a trial in... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... See also: 1855 in literature, other events of 1856, 1857 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Charlotte Mary Yonge (August 11, 1823 - May 24, 1901), was a English novelist, known for her huge output, mostly now out of print. ... Aurora Leigh (1856) is a lengthy poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the name of its eponymous heroine. ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Moulton) (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was a member of the Barrett family and one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era. ... See also: 1854 in literature, other events of 1855, 1856 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Map sources for Westward Ho! at grid reference SS426291 Westward Ho! is a seaside town in Torridge, Devon, England, near Bideford. ... Charles Kingsley (July 12, 1819 - January 23, 1875) was an English novelist, particularly associated with the West Country. ... See also: 1853 in literature, other events of 1854, 1855 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Newcomers was a late 1960s BBC soap opera which dealt with the subject of a London family, the Coopers, who moved to a housing estate in the fictional country town of Angleton. ... William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. ... See also: 1852 in literature, other events of 1853, 1854 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Susanna Moodie (born Susanna Strickland) (December 6, 1803 – April 8, 1885) was a British author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada. ... See also: 1851 in literature, other events of 1852, 1853 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Uncle Toms Cabin Uncle Toms Cabin is a novel by American abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. ... Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, born Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an abolitionist and writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Toms Cabin which describes life in slavery, and which was first published in serial... See also: 1850 in literature, other events of 1851, 1852 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... Herman Melville Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, essayist and poet. ... See also: 1849 in literature, other events of 1850, 1851 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة in Arabic or هزار و یک شب in Persian), also known as The book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, or simply the Arabian Nights, is a piece of classic Arabic literature in... Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery, London. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... In Memoriam A.H.H. is a long poem by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. ... William Wordsworth, English poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... The Prelude is an autobiographical poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. ...

1840s

See also: 1848 in literature, other events of 1849, 1850 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1925 depiction of Parkman by N.C. Wyeth, for an edition of The Oregon Trail. ... Francis Parkman Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. ... See also: 1847 in literature, other events of 1848, 1849 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, a novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. ... Anne Brontë (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest of the Brontë literary family. ... See also: 1846 in literature, other events of 1847, 1848 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The front cover of the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel. ... Portrait by her brother Emily Jane Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, which is now an acknowledged classic of English literature. ... See also: 1845 in literature, other events of 1846, 1847 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... See also: 1844 in literature, other events of 1845, 1846 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Count of Monte Cristo (Le comte de Monte Cristo) is a classic adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870), is best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him the most widely read French author in the world. ... See also: 1843 in literature, other events of 1844, 1845 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a French novelist. ... See also: 1842 in literature, other events of 1843, 1844 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Caricature from Punch, 1881: TO THE GREATEST AXE-AND-NECK-ROMANCER OF OUR TIME, WHO IS QUITE AT THE HEAD OF HIS PROFESSION, WE DEDICATE THIS BLOCK AD MULTOS ANNOS! William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882) was a British writer. ... See also: 1841 in literature, other events of 1842, 1843 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Dead Souls is a satirical novel by the Russian author Nikolai Gogol. ... Nikolai Gogol Gogol redirects here. ... See also: 1840 in literature, other events of 1841, 1842 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alexandre Benoiss illustration to the poem (1904). ... Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet and a founder of modern Russian literature Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S.), 1799 - February 10 (January 29, O.S.), 1837), Russian author, whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ... See also: 1839 in literature, other events of 1840, 1841 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Two Years Before the Mast a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr. ... Richard Henry Dana Jr. ...

1830s

See also: 1838 in literature, other events of 1839, 1840 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A watercolour by ships artist Conrad Martens painted during the survey of Tierra del Fuego shows the Beagle being hailed by native Fuegians. ... In his lifetime Charles Darwin gained international fame as an influential scientist examining controversial topics: portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron. ... See also: 1837 in literature, other events of 1838, 1839 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John James Audubon John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a Franco-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. ... See also: 1836 in literature, other events of 1837, 1838 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Catharine Maria Sedgwick, born December 28, 1789 – died July 31, American novelist. ... See also: 1835 in literature, other events of 1836, 1837 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ... See also: 1834 in literature, other events of 1835, 1836 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Self-portrait, 1782 Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was an important French painter. ... See also: 1833 in literature, other events of 1834, 1835 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thomas Carlyles major work, Sartor Resartus (meaning The tailor re-tailored), purported to be a commentary on the thought and early life of a German philosopher called Diogenes Teufelsdröckh (which translates as god-born devil-shit), author of a tome entitled Clothes: their Origin and Influence. ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ... See also: 1832 in literature, other events of 1833, 1834 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Gamiani, ou Une Nuit dExcès, is a French novel of first publised in 1833. ... Tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ... See also: 1831 in literature, other events of 1832, 1833 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Valentine may refer to: A gift given on Valentines Day, or the day itself Pope Valentine Saint Valentine Karen Valentine, American actress and star of Room 222 Valentine tank Valentine, Haute-Garonne, a commune of the Haute-Garonne département in France Valentine (book), a book by George Sand... George Sand in 1864 (picture by Nadar). ... See also: 1830 in literature, other events of 1831, 1832 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ... See also: 1829 in literature, other events of 1830, 1831 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) is a novel by Stendhal, published in 1830. ... Stendhal [1783-1842] - French Writer Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842), better known by his penname Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. ...

1820s

See also: 1828 in literature, other events of 1829, 1830 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... See also: 1827 in literature, other events of 1828, 1829 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John James Audubon John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a Franco-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. ... See also: 1826 in literature, other events of 1827, 1828 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Shī Jīng (詩經), translated variously as the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Songs or the Book of Odes, is the first major collection of Chinese poems. ... Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (born as Harry [Hebrew: Chaim] Heine December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was one of the most significant German poets. ... See also: 1825 in literature, other events of 1826, 1827 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars (1620 - September 12, 1642) was a favourite of King Louis XIII of France who led the last and most nearly successful of the many conspiracies against the kings powerful first minister, the Cardinal Richelieu. ... Alfred Victor de Vigny (March 27, 1797 – September 17, 1863) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. ... See also: 1824 in literature, other events of 1825, 1826 in literature, list of years in literature. ... I Promessi Sposi (English The Betrothed) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni. ... Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (March 7, 1785–May 22, 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. ... See also: 1823 in literature, other events of 1824, 1825 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Mary Russell Mitford Mary Russell Mitford (December 16, 1787 - January 10, 1855), was an English novelist and dramatist. ... See also: 1822 in literature, other events of 1823, 1824 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets who wrote in the English language. ... See also: 1821 in literature, other events of 1822, 1823 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Charles Nodier (April 29, 1780 - January 27, 1844), was a French author. ... See also: 1820 in literature, other events of 1821, 1822 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822) is an autobiographical novel by Thomas De Quincey first published in 1821 in the London Magazine, as a novel in 1822 and revised in 1856, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and how it affected his life. ... Thomas de Quincey from the frontispiece of Revolt of the Tartars, Thomas de Quincey (August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859) was an English author and intellectual. ... See also: 1819 in literature, other events of 1820, 1821 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alphonse de Lamartine (October 21, 1790 - February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician. ...

1810s

See also: 1818 in literature, other events of 1819, 1820 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ... See also: 1817 in literature, other events of 1818, 1819 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Book covers for Frankenstein have taken many forms over the years which emphasize different themes of the novel such as gothic horror, science fiction and romanticism. ... Mary Shelley Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... See also: 1816 in literature, other events of 1817, 1818 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Maria Edgeworth (January 1, 1767-May 22, 1849) was an Irish novelist. ... See also: 1815 in literature, other events of 1816, 1817 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Adolphe is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1815. ... Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebeque (October 25, 1767 – December 8, 1830) was a Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician. ... See also: 1814 in literature, other events of 1815, 1816 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jane Porter (1776-1850) was an English novelist, the sister of Anna Maria Porter. ... See also: 1813 in literature, other events of 1814, 1815 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The word Wanderer can refer to: A novel by Fritz Leiber, The Wanderer, a 1913 novel by Alain-Fournier, The Old English poem, A song by U2, A 1988 album by Kevin Rowland, formerly of Dexys Midnight Runners Wanderer (car) a German automobile manufacturer between wars. ... Fanny Burney Fanny Burney, later Madame DArblay, (June 13, 1752-January 6, 1840) was an English novelist and diarist. ... See also: 1812 in literature, other events of 1813, 1814 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family who is shipwrecked en route to Australia. ... Johann David Wyss (Bern, March 4, 1743 - 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson (1812), based on the Robinson Crusoe adventure by Daniel Defoe. ... See also: 1811 in literature, other events of 1812, 1813 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Charles Robert Maturin, also known as Charles Maturin or C.R. Maturin, was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels. ... See also: 1810 in literature, other events of 1811, 1812 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For other uses, see Sense and Sensibility (disambiguation). ... Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was an English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. ... See also: 1809 in literature, other events of 1810, 1811 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1800s

See also: 1808 in literature, other events of 1809, 1810 in literature, list of years in literature. ... François-René de Chateaubriand, painting by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, beginning of 19th century. ... See also: 1807 in literature, other events of 1808, 1809 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust (approximately 1480–1540). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749–March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ... See also: 1806 in literature, other events of 1807, 1808 in literature, list of years in literature. ... fart out of the bum in my pants. ... Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 –- 27 July 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). ... Mary Anne Lamb (December 3, 1764 - May 20, 1847), was an English writer, the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb. ... See also: 1805 in literature, other events of 1806, 1807 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Earthquake in Chile (in German Das Erdbeben in Chili) is a short story written by Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811). ... Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811) was a German poet, dramatist and novelist. ... See also: 1804 in literature, other events of 1805, 1806 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Mary Meeke was a prolific author of around 30 novels during the early 19th century, and is believed to have died in October 1816. ... See also: 1803 in literature, other events of 1804, 1805 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Blake (1807) William Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. ... See also: 1802 in literature, other events of 1803, 1804 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1801 in literature, other events of 1802, 1803 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Madame de Sta l Anne Louise Germaine de Sta l (April 22, 1766-July 14, 1817) was a French author. ... See also: 1800 in literature, other events of 1801, 1802 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1799 in literature, other events of 1800, 1801 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Novalis “Novalis” (* 2. ...

1790s

See also: 1798 in literature, other events of 1799, 1800 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 - February 22, 1810), American novelist, historian, and magazine editor of the Early National period, is often regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before Cooper. ... See also: 1797 in literature, other events of 1798, 1799 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Lyrical Ballads, 1798, was the flame that lit the English Romantic movement, its spark being that of the somewhat earlier William Blake. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... William Wordsworth, English poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... See also: 1796 in literature, other events of 1797, 1798 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Juliette is a novel written by the Marquis de Sade and published 1797 - 1801, accompanying Sades Nouvelle Justine. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... See also: 1795 in literature, other events of 1796, 1797 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Fanny Burney Fanny Burney, later Madame DArblay, (June 13, 1752-January 6, 1840) was an English novelist and diarist. ... See also: 1794 in literature, other events of 1795, 1796 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Wilhelm Meisters Apprenticeship (in German, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre) was a 1795 novel by Goethe. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749–March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ... See also: 1793 in literature, other events of 1794, 1795 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Age of Reason is a philosophical treatise written by the 18th Century British intellectual Thomas Paine, best remembered as the author of the political pamphlet Common Sense, credited with exciting colonial opinion in support of the American Revolutionary War. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, deist and idealist. ... See also: 1792 in literature, other events of 1793, 1794 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1791 in literature, other events of 1792, 1793 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Mary Wollstonecraft. ... Mary Wollstonecraft; stipple engraving by James Heath, ca. ... See also: 1790 in literature, other events of 1791, 1792 in literature, list of years in literature. ... In English literature, Life of Johnson was a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell in 1791. ... James Boswell James Boswell (October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795) was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... See also: 1789 in literature, other events of 1790, 1791 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Reflections on the Revolution in France is a work of political commentary written by Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke, first published on 1 November 1790. ... Edmund Burke The Right Honourable Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 – July 9, 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator and political philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party. ...

1780s

See also: 1788 in literature, other events of 1789, 1790 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Blakes cover plate for Songs of Innocence and Experience Songs of Innocence is a collection of illustrated lyrical poetry, published by William Blake in 1789. ... William Blake (1807) William Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. ... See also: 1787 in literature, other events of 1788, 1789 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... Saint-Simon can refer to various people: Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1607–1693), French courtier Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675–1755), French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (1760–1825), the founder of French socialism Simon... See also: 1786 in literature, other events of 1787, 1788 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Don Carlos is an opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi to a French libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller. ... Friedrich Schiller Schiller redirects here. ... See also: 1785 in literature, other events of 1786, 1787 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Burns Robert Burns, preeminent Scottish poet Burns redirects here. ... See also: 1784 in literature, other events of 1785, 1786 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Karl Philipp Moritz (15 September 1756 - June 26, 1793) was a German author and writer of the Sturm und Drang and classical literary periods, influencing early romanticism as well. ... See also: 1783 in literature, other events of 1784, 1785 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Bage (1728 - September 1, 1801), English novelist, born in Derbyshire, was the son of a paper-maker and was himself a papier. ... See also: 1782 in literature, other events of 1783, 1784 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics is one of the smaller works by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. ... Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), was a German philosopher from Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) in East Prussia. ... See also: 1781 in literature, other events of 1782, 1783 in literature, list of years in literature. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Friedrich Schiller Schiller redirects here. ... See also: 1780 in literature, other events of 1781, 1782 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Critique of Pure Reason is widely regarded as the philosopher Immanuel Kants major work, first published in 1781, with a second edition in 1787. ... Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), was a German philosopher from Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) in East Prussia. ... See also: 1779 in literature, other events of 1780, 1781 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1770s

See also: 1778 in literature, other events of 1779, 1780 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Nathan the Wise (original German title Nathan der Weise) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published in 1779. ... Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 - February 15, 1781), writer, philosopher, publicist, and art thinker, is the most outstanding German representative of the Enlightenment era. ... See also: 1777 in literature, other events of 1778, 1779 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Fanny Burney Fanny Burney, later Madame DArblay, (June 13, 1752-January 6, 1840) was an English novelist and diarist. ... See also: 1776 in literature, other events of 1777, 1778 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1775 in literature, other events of 1776, 1777 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Look up Common sense in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the American independence advocacy pamphlet by Thomas Paine, see Common Sense (pamphlet) For the American hip-hop artist, see Common One meaning of the term common sense (or as an adjective, commonsense) on a strict construction of the term, is... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, deist and idealist. ... See also: 1774 in literature, other events of 1775, 1776 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 - July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and politician. ... See also: 1773 in literature, other events of 1774, 1775 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is a loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749–March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ... See also: 1772 in literature, other events of 1773, 1774 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (July 2, 1724 - March 14, 1803), German poet, was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer, a man of sterling character and of a deeply religious mind. ... See also: 1771 in literature, other events of 1772, 1773 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1770 in literature, other events of 1771, 1772 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jacques le fataliste et son maître (English title: Jacques the Fatalist and his Master) is a book written by Denis Diderot from the late 1760s to 1778 and published in 1796. ... Denis Diderot Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 - July 31, 1784) was a French writer and philosopher. ... See also: 1769 in literature, other events of 1770, 1771 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1760s

See also: 1768 in literature, other events of 1769, 1770 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Frances Brooke Frances (Moore) Brooke (1724 - 1789) was an English author. ... See also: 1767 in literature, other events of 1768, 1769 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University. ... See also: 1766 in literature, other events of 1767, 1768 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 - February 15, 1781), writer, philosopher, publicist, and art thinker, is the most outstanding German representative of the Enlightenment era. ... See also: 1765 in literature, other events of 1766, 1767 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Choosing the Wedding Gown by William Mulready, an illustration of Ch. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and She Stoops... See also: 1764 in literature, other events of 1765, 1766 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1763 in literature, other events of 1764, 1765 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. ... Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 – March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ... See also: 1762 in literature, other events of 1763, 1764 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Dream of the Red Chamber (Chinese: 紅樓夢; pinyin: hóng lóu mèng) or Chronicles of the Stone (Chinese: 石頭記; pinyin: shí tóu jì), written by Cao Xueqin, is one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese fiction, written in the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. ... Cao Xueqin (Chinese: 曹雪芹; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (? 1715 - c. ... See also: 1761 in literature, other events of 1762, 1763 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Emile (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a treatise on education. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. ... See also: 1760 in literature, other events of 1761, 1762 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse is an epistolary romance novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published in 1761 by Rey (Amsterdam). ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. ... See also: 1759 in literature, other events of 1760, 1761 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. ... Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and clergyman. ...

1750s

See also: 1758 in literature, other events of 1759, 1760 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Candide, ou lOptimisme, (English: Candide, or Optimism) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. ... The last of Voltaires statues by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1781). ... See also: 1757 in literature, other events of 1758, 1759 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. ... See also: 1756 in literature, other events of 1757, 1758 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Odes is the title of an album of Greek Folk Songs by Vangelis and Irene Papas. ... Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University. ... See also: 1755 in literature, other events of 1756, 1757 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1754 in literature, other events of 1755, 1756 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Samuel Johnson circa 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. ... See also: 1753 in literature, other events of 1754, 1755 in literature, list of years in literature. ... History of Great Britain (volume 1) is a book by David Hume published in 1754. ... David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776)[1] was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian who was one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... See also: 1752 in literature, other events of 1753, 1754 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753) is a novel by Samuel Richardson Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) at Gutenberg Entry in the Literary Encyclopedia Categories: Literature stubs | English novels ... Samuel Richardson (August 19, 1689 – July 4, 1761) was a major 18th century writer best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and Sir Charles Grandison (1753). ... See also: 1751 in literature, other events of 1752, 1753 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Micromégas is a short story written in the Eighteenth Century by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. ... The last of Voltaires statues by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1781). ... See also: 1750 in literature, other events of 1751, 1752 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University. ... Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University. ... See also: 1749 in literature, other events of 1750, 1751 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Samuel Johnson circa 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. ...

1740s

See also: 1748 in literature, other events of 1749, 1750 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (often known simply as Tom Jones) is a comic novel by Henry Fielding. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... See also: 1747 in literature, other events of 1748, 1749 in literature, list of years in literature. ... An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. ... David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776)[1] was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian who was one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... See also: 1746 in literature, other events of 1747, 1748 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Samuel Richardson (August 19, 1689 – July 4, 1761) was a major 18th century writer best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and Sir Charles Grandison (1753). ... See also: 1745 in literature, other events of 1746, 1747 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1744 in literature, other events of 1745, 1746 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1743 in literature, other events of 1744, 1745 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Pleasures of the Imagination is a long didactic poem by Mark Akenside, first published in 1744. ... Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721 – June 23, 1770), was an English poet and physician. ... See also: 1742 in literature, other events of 1743, 1744 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... See also: 1741 in literature, other events of 1742, 1743 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Joseph Andrews is a novel by Henry Fielding, first published in 1742. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... See also: 1740 in literature, other events of 1741, 1742 in literature, list of years in literature. ... An Apology for the Life of Mrs. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... See also: 1739 in literature, other events of 1740, 1741 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Emilie du Chatelet Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet-Laumont (December 17, 1706 - September 10, 1749) was a French mathematician, physicist and author. ...

1730s

See also: 1738 in literature, other events of 1739, 1740 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Treatise of Human Nature is a book by philosopher David Hume, published in 1739–1740. ... David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776)[1] was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian who was one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... See also: 1737 in literature, other events of 1738, 1739 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Leonidas can refer to: Leonidas I, king of Sparta, ruled c. ... Richard Glover (1712 - November 25, 1785), English poet, son of Richard Glover, a Hamburg merchant, was born in London. ... See also: 1736 in literature, other events of 1737, 1738 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1735 in literature, other events of 1736, 1737 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1734 in literature, other events of 1735, 1736 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1733 in literature, other events of 1734, 1735 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1732 in literature, other events of 1733, 1734 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1731 in literature, other events of 1732, 1733 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alexander Pope Alexander Pope ( May 21, 1688 – May 30, 1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century. ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... See also: 1730 in literature, other events of 1731, 1732 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1729 in literature, other events of 1730, 1731 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1720s

See also: 1728 in literature, other events of 1729, 1730 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a satirical pamphlet written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. ... See also: 1727 in literature, other events of 1728, 1729 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Dunciad is a landmark literary satire by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times. ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... See also: 1726 in literature, other events of 1727, 1728 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1725 in literature, other events of 1726, 1727 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Gulliver Gullivers Travels (1726, amended 1735) is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the travellers tales literary sub-genre. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. ... See also: 1724 in literature, other events of 1725, 1726 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles Gleyre For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... See also: 1723 in literature, other events of 1724, 1725 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... See also: 1722 in literature, other events of 1723, 1724 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The last of Voltaires statues by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1781). ... See also: 1721 in literature, other events of 1722, 1723 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... See also: 1720 in literature, other events of 1721, 1722 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Persian Letters Persian Letters is a satirical story of two Persian brothers, Usbek and Rica, traveling through France by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. ... Montesquieu can refer to: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Several communes of France: Montesquieu, in the Hérault département Montesquieu, in the Lot-et-Garonne département Montesquieu, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... See also: 1719 in literature, other events of 1720, 1721 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1710s

See also: 1718 in literature, other events of 1719, 1720 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday by Carl Offterdinger Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. ... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... See also: 1717 in literature, other events of 1718, 1719 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1716 in literature, other events of 1717, 1718 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic poem written by Alexander Pope, first published in 1712 in two cantos, and then reissued in 1714 in a much-expanded 5-canto version. ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... See also: 1715 in literature, other events of 1716, 1717 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1714 in literature, other events of 1715, 1716 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Iliad (Ancient Greek Ιλιάς, Ilias) is, along with the Odyssey, one of the two major Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... See also: 1713 in literature, other events of 1714, 1715 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Monadology (1714) is one of Leibniz’s works that best define his philosophy. ... Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (July 1, 1646 in Leipzig - November 14, 1716 in Hannover) was a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat, librarian, and lawyer of Sorb descent. ... See also: 1712 in literature, other events of 1713, 1714 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Bishop George Berkeley George Berkeley (British English://; Irish English: //) (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called subjective idealism, summed up in his dictum, Esse est percipi (To... See also: 1711 in literature, other events of 1712, 1713 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic poem written by Alexander Pope, first published in 1712 in two cantos, and then reissued in 1714 in a much-expanded 5-canto version. ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... See also: 1710 in literature, other events of 1711, 1712 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1709 in literature, other events of 1710, 1711 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Bishop George Berkeley George Berkeley (British English://; Irish English: //) (12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called subjective idealism, summed up in his dictum, Esse est percipi (To...

1700s

See also: 1708 in literature, other events of 1709, 1710 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1707 in literature, other events of 1708, 1709 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1706 in literature, other events of 1707, 1708 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1705 in literature, other events of 1706, 1707 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1704 in literature, other events of 1705, 1706 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Nouveaux essais sur lentendement humain (New Essays on Human Understanding) was a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal by Gottfried Leibniz of the John Locke book Essays on Human Understanding. ... Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also von Leibni(t)z)[1] (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646, Leipzig – November 14, 1716, Hanover) was a German polymath of Sorbian origin, deemed a universal [1] genius in his day and since. ... See also: 1703 in literature, other events of 1704, 1705 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Tale of a Tub (play). ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Anglo-Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. ... See also: 1702 in literature, other events of 1703, 1704 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1701 in literature, other events of 1702, 1703 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1700 in literature, other events of 1701, 1702 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1699 in literature, other events of 1700, 1701 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1690s

See also: 1698 in literature, other events of 1699, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1697 in literature, other events of 1698, 1699 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1696 in literature, other events of 1697, 1698 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1695 in literature, other events of 1696, 1697 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1694 in literature, other events of 1695, 1696 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1693 in literature, other events of 1694, 1695 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1692 in literature, other events of 1693, 1694 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1691 in literature, other events of 1692, 1693 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1690 in literature, other events of 1691, 1692 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1689 in literature, other events of 1690, 1691 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1680s

See also: 1688 in literature, other events of 1689, 1690 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1687 in literature, other events of 1688, 1689 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1686 in literature, other events of 1687, 1688 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1685 in literature, other events of 1686, 1687 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1684 in literature, other events of 1685, 1686 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1683 in literature, other events of 1684, 1685 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1682 in literature, other events of 1683, 1684 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1681 in literature, other events of 1682, 1683 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1680 in literature, other events of 1681, 1682 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1679 in literature, other events of 1680, 1681 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1670s

See also: 1678 in literature, other events of 1679, 1680 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1677 in literature, other events of 1678, 1679 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1676 in literature, other events of 1677, 1678 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1675 in literature, other events of 1676, 1677 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1674 in literature, other events of 1675, 1676 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1673 in literature, other events of 1674, 1675 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1672 in literature, other events of 1673, 1674 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1671 in literature, other events of 1672, 1673 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1670 in literature, other events of 1671, 1672 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1669 in literature, other events of 1670, 1671 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1660s

See also: 1668 in literature, other events of 1669, 1670 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1667 in literature, other events of 1668, 1669 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1666 in literature, other events of 1667, 1668 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1665 in literature, other events of 1666, 1667 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1664 in literature, other events of 1665, 1666 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1663 in literature, other events of 1664, 1665 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1662 in literature, other events of 1663, 1664 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1661 in literature, other events of 1662, 1663 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1660 in literature, other events of 1661, 1662 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1659 in literature, other events of 1660, 1661 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1650s

See also: 1658 in literature, other events of 1659, 1660 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1657 in literature, other events of 1658, 1659 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1656 in literature, other events of 1657, 1658 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1655 in literature, other events of 1656, 1657 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1654 in literature, other events of 1655, 1656 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1653 in literature, other events of 1654, 1655 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1652 in literature, other events of 1653, 1654 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1651 in literature, other events of 1652, 1653 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1650 in literature, other events of 1651, 1652 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1649 in literature, other events of 1650, 1651 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1640s

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1630s

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1620s

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1610s

(Redirected from 1619 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1618 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1617 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1616 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1615 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1614 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1613 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1612 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1611 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (Redirected from 1610 in literature) See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

1600s

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