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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1820. ==Events== *January 16 - ''Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery'' by "Northamptonshire peasant poet" John Clare is published in England by John Taylor.〔(Octavius ) (1820). "Some Account of John Clare, an Agricultural Labourer and Poet". ''The London Magazine''.〕 *April 22 - Walter Scott is created 1st baronet of Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. *September - Poet John Keats, suffering from tuberculosis, leaves London to take up residence in the house on the Spanish Steps in Rome where he will die in 1821. *November 20 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the ''Essex'', a whaleship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2,000 miles off the western coast of South America. Herman Melville's 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick'' is in part inspired by this story. *Robert Chambers's publishing company publishes ''The Songs of Robert Burns''. *Thomas Kendall has the first book printed in the Māori language, ''A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book; being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives'', published in Sydney, Australia. *First translation of the Old English epic poem ''Beowulf'' into a modern language, Danish, ''Bjovulfs Drape'', made by N. F. S. Grundtvig. *The Cambridge Apostles, an intellectual discussion group, is established at the University of Cambridge in England. 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「1820 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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