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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1789. ==Events== *January 21 - William Hill Brown's anonymous sentimental epistolary novel ''The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature'', usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston. *February 7 - Première of John Philip Kemble's production of Shakespeare's ''Coriolanus'' with himself in the title rôle and his sister Sarah Siddons as Volumnia, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. *December - Première of Olympe de Gouges's abolitionist play ''Zamore et Mirza'' (written 1784; published 1788) as ''L'Esclavage des nègres'' ("Slavery of the negroes"); shut down after three performances. *December 28 - Première of Anton Tomaž Linhart's comedy ''Županova Micka'' ("Micka, the Mayor's Daughter", an adaptation of Joseph Richter's ''Die Feldmühle''), the first theatrical work in the Slovene language. * Publication in Calcutta of Sir William Jones's ''Śacontalā, or the fatal ring: an Indian drama'', a translation of Kālidāsa's 4th/5th century play ''Abhijñānaśākuntalam'', the first translation of a classical Indian drama into a Western language. * Robert Burns is appointed an exciseman in Scotland. * Tomás António Gonzaga is arrested for complicity in the Inconfidência Mineira in Brazil. * Friedrich Schiller is appointed professor of history and philosophy at Jena. * ''The Children's Magazine'', the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1789 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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