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Literature of the 19th century refers to world literature produced during the 19th century. The range of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) 1799 to 1900. Many of the developments in literature in this period parallel changes in the visual arts and other aspects of 19th-century culture.
In the mid 19th century, decadence came to refer to moral decay, and was attributed as the cause of the fall of great civilizations, like the Roman empire. The decadent movement was a response to the perceived decadence within the earlier Romantic, naturalist and realist movements in France at this time. [ 52 ]
The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century. Note: List of years in poetry exists specifically for poetry. See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world ...
The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton (mid-19th century Australian gold rushes) The Secret River by Kate Grenville (19th century colonial Australia) Jack Maggs by Peter Carey (19th century colonial Australia) The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (end of the 19th century) True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (Kelly Gang, 1878–1880)
Harper's book of facts; a classified history of the world; embracing science, literature, and art New York, Harper & Brothers 1895; Harper's book of facts; a classified encyclopaedia of the history of the world, a record of history from 4004 B.C. to 1906 A.D., with more than one hundred thousand references to subjects in the realms of science, literature, art, and government New York and ...
World literature is used to refer to the world's total national literature and the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. In the past, it primarily referred to the masterpieces of Western European literature .
Without the invention of mass-produced copies of a book it would not be possible to assume the reader will have seen the earlier work and will thus understand the references within the text. In the 18th century Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift wrote famous novels. The 16th century saw outstanding epic poems of Torquato Tasso and Luís de Camões.
The Romantic era for literature was at its pinnacle during the 19th century and was a period which influenced western literature. The romantic school had as its organ the Conciliatore established in 1818 at Milan, on the staff of which were Silvio Pellico , Ludovico di Breme , Giovile Scalvini , Tommaso Grossi , Giovanni Berchet , Samuele Biava ...