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1798 in literature

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List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1795
1796
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1798
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1800
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1798.

Events

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1st London edition of Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads
Wordsworth in 1798
Coleridge in the 1790s

New books

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Fiction

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Children

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  • François Guillaume Ducray-DuminilCœlina, ou l'Enfant du mystère (Celina, or the Mystery Child)[7]
  • Edward Augustus Kendall
    • Keeper's Travels in Search of His Master
    • The Sparrow. A Tale
  • Richmal Mangnall (anonymously) – Historical and Miscellaneous Questions for the Use of Young People (often known as Mangnall's Questions)
  • Samuel Jackson PrattPity's Gift: a collection of interesting tales, to excite the compassion of youth for the animal creation (Selected by a Lady)

Drama

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Poetry

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Non-fiction

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ a b Everett, Jason M. (2006). "1798". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
  2. ^ Orest Subtelny (1 January 2000). Ukraine: A History. University of Toronto Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-8020-8390-6.
  3. ^ "History of the KB". Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 1994. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  4. ^ Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, 5th edition, 1798. University of Chicago ARTFL Project. 1998.
  5. ^ Bamber Gascoigne; Thomas Nelson & Sons (19 June 1997). Milestones in Colour Printing 1457-1859: With a Bibliography of Nelson Prints. Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-0-521-55441-1.
  6. ^ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (Rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
  7. ^ Timothy Unwin; Unwin Timothy (28 October 1997). The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present. Cambridge University Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-521-49914-9.
  8. ^ Samuel Johnson (1841). Johnson's Dictionary of the English language, containing many additional words; also, A compendium of chronology [&c.]. p. 253.