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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1843. ==Events== * January * * Serial publication of Charles Dickens' picaresque novel ''The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit'' by Chapman & Hall in London begins. In the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. * * Publication of Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" in ''The Pioneer'' and poem "The Conqueror Worm" in ''Graham's Magazine'', both in Philadelphia. *February – Macmillan Publishers is founded in London by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan. *April 4 – William Wordsworth accepts the office of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (following the death of Robert Southey on March 21) on being assured that it is regarded as a purely honorific position. *June 21 – Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Gold-Bug" begins serialization in the Philadelphia ''Dollar Newspaper'' as the winning entry in a competition, earning Poe a $100 prize, being widely reprinted, given a theatrical adaptation, and popularizing cryptography. *July – Margaret Fuller's ''Woman in the Nineteenth Century'' is first published as "The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women" in ''The Dial'' magazine in the United States. *August 19 – Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic short story "The Black Cat" is first published in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. *August 22 – The Theatres Act is passed in the United Kingdom, ending the virtual monopoly on theatrical performances held by the patent theatres, encouraging the development of popular entertainment. *September – Ada Lovelace (Byron's daughter) translates and expands Menabrea’s notes on Charles Babbage's analytical engine, including an algorithm for calculating a sequence of Bernoulli numbers, regarded as the world's first computer program. *October – Anna Atkins begins publication of ''Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions'', a collection of contact printed cyanotype photograms of algae which forms the first book illustrated with photographic images. *December 17 – Publication of Charles Dickens' novella ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'' by Chapman & Hall at his expense, introducing the character Ebenezer Scrooge. Released on December 19 it sells out by Christmas Eve. *Christmas – Thomas Hood's poem "The Song of the Shirt" is first published, in ''Punch''. *''date unknown'' * *The Routledge publishing imprint is established in London by Cumberland-born bookseller George Routledge. * *The steam-powered rotary printing press is invented by Richard March Hoe in the United States.〔 It receives in 1847 and is placed in commercial use the same year.〕 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「1843 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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