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[[File:irving-the-bells.jpg|thumb|right|[[Henry Irving]] as Mathias in ''The Bells'']]
[[File:irving-the-bells.jpg|thumb|right|[[Henry Irving]] as Mathias in ''The Bells'']]
*[[January 1]] – The children's literary magazine ''[[Young Folks (magazine)|Young Folks]]'' begins publication in the United Kingdom as ''Our Young Folks' Weekly Budget''.
*[[January 1]] – The children's literary magazine ''[[Young Folks (magazine)|Young Folks]]'' begins publication in the United Kingdom as ''Our Young Folks' Weekly Budget''.
*January – [[John Ruskin]] begins publishing ''[[Fors Clavigera]]'', his (originally) monthly "letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain".
*January – [[John Ruskin]] begins publishing ''[[Fors Clavigera]]'', his originally monthly "letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain".
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*October – "Thomas Maitland", i. e. [[Robert Williams Buchanan]], attacks [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and other members of what Buchanan calls the "[[Fleshly School]]" of English poetry in ''[[The Contemporary Review]]''; on December 16 Rossetti replies in "The Stealthy School of Criticism" in the ''[[Athenaeum (British magazine)|Athenaeum]]''.
*[[March 18]]–[[May 28]] – [[Paris Commune]] is influential on those literary figures in the city at the time and far beyond:
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*[[November 25]] – The first performance of ''[[The Bells (play)|The Bells]]'', starring [[Henry Irving]] at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London]],<ref>{{cite book |editor=[[George Rowell (historian) |Rowell, George]] |year=1953 |title=Nineteenth Century Plays |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=[[Oxford World's Classics |World's Classics]]}}</ref> is the actor's first great success. On the same night, he breaks up permanently with his wife, when she criticises his choice of profession.
** [[Jules Vallès]] publishes his newspaper ''Le Cri du Peuple'' February 22–May 23 (with interruptions).
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*December – Publication of [[George Eliot]]'s novel ''[[Middlemarch]]'' commences in eight parts.
** At the beginning of April, [[Victor Hugo]] moves to Brussels to take care of the family of his son, who has just died, but closely follows events in Paris, on April 21 publishing the poem "Pas de représailles" (No reprisals) and on June 11 writing the poem "Sur une barricade" (On the barricade).
**[[Émile Zola]], as a journalist for ''Le Sémaphore de Marseille'', reports the fall of the Commune, and is one of the first reporters to enter the city during ''Semaine sanglante'' (Bloody Week, beginning May 21).
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*October – "Thomas Maitland" (i. e., [[Robert Williams Buchanan]]) attacks [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and other members of what Buchanan calls the "[[Fleshly School]]" of English poetry in ''[[The Contemporary Review]]''; on December 16 Rossetti replies in "The Stealthy School of Criticism" in the ''[[Athenaeum (British magazine)|Athenaeum]]''.
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*[[November 25]] – First performance of ''[[The Bells (play)|The Bells]]'' starring [[Henry Irving]] at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London]],<ref>{{cite book |editor=[[George Rowell (historian) |Rowell, George]] |year=1953 |title=Nineteenth Century Plays |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=[[Oxford World's Classics |World's Classics]]}}</ref> the actor's first great success. On the same night, he breaks up permanently with his wife when she criticises his choice of profession.
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*December – Publication of [[George Eliot]]'s novel ''[[Middlemarch]]'' in eight parts commences.
*[[George Allen and Sons]], publishers, predecessors of [[Allen & Unwin]], established in London.
*[[George Allen and Sons]], publishers, predecessors of [[Allen & Unwin]], established in London.


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*[[January 12]] – [[Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois]], French dramatist (born [[1806 in literature|1806]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois]], French dramatist (born [[1806 in literature|1806]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau]], German travel and gardening writer (born [[1785 in literature|1785]])
*[[February 4]] – [[Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau]], German travel and gardening writer (born [[1785 in literature|1785]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Alice Cary]], American poet (tuberculosis, born [[1820 in literature|1820]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kane|first=Paul|title=Poetry of the American Renaissance|location=New York|publisher=George Braziller|year=1995|page=297|isbn=0807613983}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Alice Cary]], American poet (tuberculosis, born [[1820 in literature|1820]])<ref>Kane, Paul. Poetry of the American Renaissance. New York: George Braziller, 1995: 297. {{ISBN|0807613983}}</ref>
*[[March 17]] – [[Robert Chambers (journalist)|Robert Chambers]], Scottish writer and publisher (born [[1802 in literature|1802]])
*[[March 17]] – [[Robert Chambers (journalist)|Robert Chambers]], Scottish writer and publisher (born [[1802 in literature|1802]])
*[[March 28]] – [[Joseph Isidore Samson]], French playwright and actor (born [[1793 in literature|1793]])
*[[March 28]] – [[Joseph Isidore Samson]], French playwright and actor (born [[1793 in literature|1793]])
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*[[July 15]] – [[Ján Chalupka]], Slovak dramatist (born [[1791 in literature|1791]])
*[[July 15]] – [[Ján Chalupka]], Slovak dramatist (born [[1791 in literature|1791]])
*[[December 8]] – [[Thomas Gaspey]], English novelist and journalist (born [[1788 in literature|1788]])
*[[December 8]] – [[Thomas Gaspey]], English novelist and journalist (born [[1788 in literature|1788]])

==In literature==
*Works featuring this Spring's [[Paris Commune]] and surrounding events include:
**[[William Morris]]' poem sequence "The Pilgrims of Hope" (1885)
**[[Jules Vallès]]' novel ''Jacques Vingtras: L'insurgé'' (1886)
**[[Émile Zola]]'s novel ''[[La Débâcle]]'' (1892)
**[[Robert W. Chambers]]' novel ''The Red Republic'' (1895)
**[[G. A. Henty]]'s novel ''Woman of the Commune'' (1895)
**[[Arnold Bennett]]'s novel ''[[The Old Wives' Tale]]'' (1908)
**[[Guy Endore]]'s novel ''[[The Werewolf of Paris]]'' (1933)
**[[Nordahl Grieg]]'s play ''Nederlaget'' (1937), adapted by [[Bertolt Brecht]] as ''[[The Days of the Commune]]''
**[[Arthur Adamov]]'s play ''Le Printemps '71'' (1960)
**[[Jean Vautrin]]'s novel ''Le Cri du Peuple'' (1998)
**[[Umberto Eco]]'s novel ''[[The Prague Cemetery]]'' (2010)
**Alexander Chee's novel ''The Queen of the Night'' (2016)
*[[Western (genre)|Western]] fiction set at this date:
**[[Zane Grey]]'s novel ''[[Riders of the Purple Sage]]'' (1912)
**[[Peter Carter (author)|Peter Carter]]'s children's novel ''[[Borderlands (novel)|Borderlands]]'' (1990)
*Set in New York City at this date: [[E. L. Doctorow]]'s novel ''[[The Waterworks]]'' (1994)


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:51, 17 January 2020

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1871.

Events

Programme for the opening night of The Bells
Henry Irving as Mathias in The Bells

New books

Fiction

Children and young people

Drama

Non-fiction

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Rowell, George, ed. (1953). Nineteenth Century Plays. World's Classics. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
  3. ^ "Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862–63)". World Digital Library. 1871. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  4. ^ Antonio Piromalli, Grazia Deledda, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1968.
  5. ^ Kane, Paul. Poetry of the American Renaissance. New York: George Braziller, 1995: 297. ISBN 0807613983
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