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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1868. ==Events== *January – Émile Zola defends his first major novel, ''Thérèse Raquin'' (1867), against charges of pornography and corruption of morals. *January 4–August 8 – Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ''The Moonstone: a Romance'' is serialised in ''All the Year Round'' (U.K.), being published in book format in July by Tinsley Brothers of London. It is considered as a precursor of full-length mystery fiction (with its introduction of the police detective Sergeant Cuff) and the psychological thriller.〔T. S. Eliot calls it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins". 〕 *January 9 – John William De Forest, writing for ''The Nation'', calls for a more specifically American literature; the essay's title, "The Great American Novel", is the first known use of the term. *April 29 – The Court of King's Bench (England) decides on appeal the legal case ''Regina v. Hicklin'' on interpretation of the word "obscene" in the Obscene Publications Act 1857, applying the "Hicklin test": that any part of a publication with a "tendency ... to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall" makes the whole publication obscene, regardless of the author's intentions. *September – The first volume of Louisa May Alcott's novel for girls ''Little Women'' is published by Roberts Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts. *November * *Robert Browning's narrative poem ''The Ring and the Book'' begins its four-part publication by Smith, Elder & Co. in London. It is a substantial commercial and critical success. * *Norman MacLeod, editor of ''Good Words'' (U.K.), begins publishing its companion juvenile version, ''Good Words for the Young''. The first issue begins the serial publication of George MacDonald's ''At the Back of the North Wind''. *December – The Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street) in London opens with the première of the recently bankrupted Henry James Byron's semi-autobiographical comedy ''Cyril's Success''. *First edition of ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts'' is published by the ''New York World''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The World Almanac )〕 *First substantial translation into English from ''Dream of the Red Chamber'' is made by Edward Charles Bowra. *Tauchnitz publishers of Leipzig begin their ''Collection of German Authors'', an authorized series of cheap paperback reprints. 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「1868 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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