1827 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1826 in literature, other events of 1827, 1828 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.

New Books

• Book of Songs (poetry) - Heinrich Heine
• Herzog Theodor von Gotland (play) - Christian Dietrich Grabbe
• Hope Leslie - Catharine Maria Sedgwick
• Intrigue - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
• I Promessi sposi (The Betrothed) - Alessandro Manzoni
• The Lettre de Cachet - Catherine Gore
• The O'Briens and The O'Flaherties - Sydney Owenson
• The Prairie - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Red Rover - James Fenimore Cooper
• The Reign of Terror - Catherine Gore
• The Wolf of Badenoch - Sir Thomas Dick Lauder

Births

• April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905)
• June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901)

Deaths

• August 12 - William Blake, poet

Awards