1857 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Commissioned with other Hungarian poets to write a poem of praise for a visit of Franz Joseph I of Austria to his country, János Arany instead produces the subversive ballad The Bards of Wales, unpublished until 1863.
Works published in English
United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, dated this year but first published at the end of 1856
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writing under the pen name "Owen Meredith", The Wanderer
- Elizabeth Gaskell, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Smith, Elder & Co., biography
- Frederick Locker, London Lyrics
- Denis MacCarthy, Underglimpses, and Other Poems
- Theodore Martin, translated from Adam Oehlenschlager, ''Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp''
United States">American poetry">United States
- William Allen Butler, Nothing to Wear, published posthumously ; the poem sold well, despite the financial panic; when a woman declared she was the author, the resulting controversy helped sales
- Paul Hamilton Hayne, Sonnets and Other Poems
- Francis Scott Key, Poems
- James Lawson, Poems
- Alexander Beaufort Meek, Songs and Poems of the South
- Mortimer Thomson, writing under the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.", Nothing to Say: A Slight Slap at Mobocratic Snobbery, Which Has "Nothing to Do" with "Nothing to Wear" on the controversy over the authorship of William Allen Butler's poem Nothing to Wear; Thomson was offered a dollar a line for a poem on the subject, submitted an 800-line poem and was paid in full; illustrated by John McLenan; the book sold well
- Richard Henry Stoddard, Songs of Summer
- John Greenleaf Whittier:
- * The Sycamores
- * ''The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier''
Other in English
- Charles Heavysege, Saul: A Drama in Three Parts, first edition ; Canada
- James Lionel Michael, Songs without Music, lyrics, Australia
Works published in other languages
- Théodore de Banville, Odes funambulesques, France
- Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du mal, France
- Giosuè Carducci, Rime, Italy
- Rosalia de Castro, La Flor, Galician Spanish poet, writing in Spanish
- Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Kalevipoeg, Estonia, revised version begins first publication
- Jan Neruda, Hřbitovní kvítí, Czech
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 27 - Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux, née Robinson, English-born poet and biographer
- March 17 - Benjamin Franklin King, Jr., American poet
- March 18 - Harriet Converse Moody, American patron of the arts
- April 11 - John Davidson, Scottish poet and playwright
- April 17 - Jane Barlow, Irish poet and novelist
- June 13 - Hubert Church, Australian poet
- September 22 - James Hebblethwaite, Australian poet and clergyman
- Undated - Kaikobad, pen name of Kazem Al Quereshi, Bengali poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 9 - Dionysios Solomos Διονύσιος Σολωμός, [Modern Modern Greek poetry|Greek poetry|Greek] poet best known for the Hymn to Liberty, the first two stanzas of which became the Greek national anthem
- March 11 - Manuel José Quintana, Spanish
- April 11 - John Davidson, Scottish poet and playwright
- May 2 - Alfred de Musset, French poet and novelist
- June 25 - Isabella Kelly, Scottish-born novelist and poet
- October 14 - Alexander Laing, Scottish poet
- November 26 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet and novelist
- December 13 - Richard Furness, "The Poet of Eyam", English
- Undated - Anna Ehrenström, Swedish poet