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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1898. ==Events== *January 13 - Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'accuse'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore''. *February 5–June 18 - M. P. Shiel's "Yellow Peril" novel ''The Empress of the Earth'', written around contemporary events in China, appears in the Pearson weekly ''Short Stories'' and in book form in July as ''The Yellow Danger''; it is frequently reprinted. *February 23 - Émile Zola is convicted of criminal libel in connection with ''J'accuse''. Following dismissal of his appeal he flees to London (arriving on July 19) to escape imprisonment. In August he begins writing his novel ''Fécondité'' in the suburbs. *February 25 - Première of Frank Wedekind's ''Earth Spirit'' (''Erdgeist''), first of his Lulu plays, in Leipzig, in a production by Carl Heine, with Wedekind himself in the role of Dr Schön. *March 25 - O. Henry is imprisoned in Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, for embezzlement. *May 28 - Max Beerbohm succeeds George Bernard Shaw as theatre critic of ''The Saturday Review'' (London); Shaw introduces him as "The Incomparable Max". *June - First appearance of E. W. Hornung's fictional gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in the story "The Ides of March" in ''Cassell's Magazine'' (London). *Moscow Art Theatre stages its first season under Constantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, including a double bill of Emilia Matthai's ''Greta's Happiness'' and Carlo Goldoni's ''The Mistress of the Inn'', opening on 2 December, and the successful and influential Moscow Art Theatre production of ''The Seagull'' by Chekhov (its Moscow première), opening on . *Peadar Ua Laoghaire's story begins serialization in Ireland as the first Irish language novel (published in book form 1904). *Gerald Duckworth establishes the publishers Gerald Duckworth and Company in London. Henry James's novella ''In the Cage'' is among their first year's output. *English designer C. R. Ashbee begins book production at the Essex House Press. *Joseph Wright's ''English Dialect Dictionary'' begins publication. *The "Generation of '98" writers and thinkers are active in Spain. *The term "Young Poland" is coined after a manifesto by Artur Górski, published in the Kraków newspaper ''Życie'' ("Life"), to signify the period of modernism in the Polish arts. 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「1898 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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