First Publication Dates of Primary Texts; Literature in English: Modern Texts and Contexts
By HLeeSchmidt
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London, William Blake
No sources have the official month and day, but the offical year is listed as 1794, published as part of the anthology "Songs of Experience." -
Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth
The official day is debated, but the month and year are generally agreed to be as thus. -
London, 1802, Wordsworth
Despite the title, the poem was first published in 1807, as part of an anthology of poems known as "Poems, in Two Volumes." The official day and month are not known. -
Northanger Abbey, Austen
Published after Jane Austen's death. It was published very close to the New Year, which is why it is often considered to have been published in 1818. -
Ozymandias, Percy Shelley
First published in the magazine "The Examiner." -
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Originally wrote in 1816. -
Ode on a Grecian Urn, John Keats
It was originally written in May of 1819, but was first published in January of 1820. -
The Poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson
The year is agreed on (it was published in a collection of poems called "Essays: Second Series"), but the month and day is not known. The closest I could find is this. -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave, Douglas
No month or day is official. -
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Published under pen name "Currer Bell." -
Song of Myself, Walt Whitman
Originally published as part of a collection of poems known as "Leaves of Grass," something Walt constantly edited and re-released to the world. -
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
Technically, it was first performed on this date, as this is the script to a play. -
In a Station of the Metro, Ezra Pound
No official month or day is given. -
Preface to Some Imagist Poets, Amy Lowell
No official month or day is given. -
Sea Rose, H. D.
No official month or day is given. First published as part of a collection of poems called "Sea Garden." -
If We Must Die, McKay
First published in the magazine "The Liberator." No official day is given. -
To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
No official month or day is given. -
Story in Harlem Slang, Zora Neale Hurston
Originally published as part of the magazine "American Mercury." No official day is given. -
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
No official day is given. -
If Black Language Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?, James Baldwin
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Towards an Aesthetic of Reception, Hans Robert Jauss
Some sources say this was originally published in September, but no dates are given, and most sources give this date as the first one, -
Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English, Ken Saro-Wiwa
No official day or month is given for this publication date, though it's later publication date at 1995 has an official date at April 28, 1995. -
Introduction: Axiomatic, Sedgwick
Published as part of the novel "A Dialogue on Love." Some sources claim the book was originally published in 1999, though no dates are given. The most widely recognized copy is stated to be published on the given date, so I am going to assume this is the first publication. -
A Semiprivate Room, Ellen Rooney
Originally published as part of the anthology "Feminist Theory and the Mode of Address: towards a semiprivate
room." -
The Brief Wondrous Life of Osar Wao, Junot Diaz
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Uses of Literature, Rita Felski