1822 in literature

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The year 1822 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Thursday-evening class" begins
• Percy Bysshe Shelley dies

New books

• Hans Christian Andersen - Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave
• Richard Henry Dana, Sr. - Paul Felton
• Kenelm Henry Digby - The Broad-Stone of Honour
• Sarah Green - Nuptial Discoveries
• Jane Harvey - Singularity
• Ann Hatton - Guilty or Not Guilty
• Washington Irving - Bracebridge Hall
• Lady Caroline Lamb - Graham Hamilton
• John Neal - Logan, A Family History
• Charles Nodier - Trilby
• Anna Maria Porter - The Hunters of the Pyrenees
• Rosalia St. Clair - Clavering Tower
• Sir Walter Scott
  • The Fortunes of Nigel
  • Peveril of the Peak
  • The Pirate
• Catharine Maria Sedgwick - A New England Tale

New drama

• Franz Grillparzer - The Golden Fleece
• Alessandro Manzoni - Adelchi

Poetry

• Lord Byron - The Vision of Judgment
• António Feliciano de Castilho - Primavera
• Eleanor Anne Porden - Coeur de Lion
• Mary Roberts - The Royal Exile
• Percy Bysshe Shelley - Hellas

Births

• May 22 - Edmond de Goncourt (+ 1896)
• December 24 - Matthew Arnold (+ 1888)
• December 26 - Dion Boucicault (+ 1890)
• date unknown - Boleslav Markevich (+ 1884)

Deaths

• April 20 - Allegra Byron, five-year-old illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron
• June 25 - E. T. A. Hoffmann, fantasy author
• July 7 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (drowned)
• December 7 - John Aikin, miscellaneous author
• date unknown - Józef Wybicki, poet

Awards