1789 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• Friedrich Schiller is appointed professor of history and philosophy at Jena.

New books

• Elizabeth Bonhôte - Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy
• W. H. Brown - The Power of Sympathy
• Richard Cumberland - Arundel
• Ann Radcliffe - The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
• James White - Earl Strongbow

New drama

• Elizabeth Inchbald - The Married Man
• Ann Yearsley - Earl Goodwin

Poetry

• William Blake - Songs of Innocence
• William Lisle Bowles - Sonnets

Non-fiction

• Olaudah Equiano - The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Births

• January 11 - John Payne Collier
• November 15 - James Scholefield
• December 28 – Catharine Sedgwick, American writer (d. 1867)

Deaths

• Baron d'Holbach

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