List of years in literature
1800s
### 1800s

* **[1801 in literature](/wiki/1801_in_literature "1801 in literature")** – *[Atala](/wiki/Atala_%28novella%29 "Atala (novella)")* – [François\-René de Chateaubriand](/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand "François-René de Chateaubriand"); *[Belinda](/wiki/Belinda_%28Edgeworth_novel%29 "Belinda (Edgeworth novel)")* – [Maria Edgeworth](/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth "Maria Edgeworth")
* **[1802 in literature](/wiki/1802_in_literature "1802 in literature")** – *[Delphine](/wiki/Delphine_%28novel%29 "Delphine (novel)")* – [Germaine de Staël](/wiki/Germaine_de_Sta%C3%ABl "Germaine de Staël"); *[René](/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_%28novella%29 "René (novella)")* – [François\-René de Chateaubriand](/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand "François-René de Chateaubriand"). Birth of [Victor Hugo](/wiki/Victor_Hugo "Victor Hugo"). Death of [Lydia Maria Child](/wiki/Lydia_Maria_Child "Lydia Maria Child")
* **[1803 in literature](/wiki/1803_in_literature "1803 in literature")** – *[St. Clair of the Isles](/wiki/St._Clair_of_the_Isles "St. Clair of the Isles")* – [Elizabeth Helme](/wiki/Elizabeth_Helme "Elizabeth Helme"); *[Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist](/wiki/Memoirs_of_Carwin_the_Biloquist "Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist")*\- [Charles Brockden Brown](/wiki/Charles_Brockden_Brown "Charles Brockden Brown"); *[Titan](/wiki/Titan_%28Jean_Paul_novel%29 "Titan (Jean Paul novel)")* \- [Jean Paul](/wiki/Jean_Paul "Jean Paul"); *[Thaddeus of Warsaw](/wiki/Thaddeus_of_Warsaw "Thaddeus of Warsaw")* \- [Jane Porter](/wiki/Jane_Porter "Jane Porter")
* **[1804 in literature](/wiki/1804_in_literature "1804 in literature")** – *[Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion](/wiki/Jerusalem_The_Emanation_of_the_Giant_Albion "Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion")* (poetry) – [William Blake](/wiki/William_Blake "William Blake"); *[William Tell](/wiki/William_Tell_%28play%29 "William Tell (play)")* – [Friedrich Schiller](/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller "Friedrich Schiller"). Death of [Immanuel Kant](/wiki/Immanuel_Kant "Immanuel Kant"); [Joseph Priestley](/wiki/Joseph_Priestley "Joseph Priestley")
* **[1805 in literature](/wiki/1805_in_literature "1805 in literature")** – *[The Wonder of the Village](/wiki/The_Wonder_of_the_Village "The Wonder of the Village")* – [Elizabeth Meeke](/wiki/Elizabeth_Meeke "Elizabeth Meeke"); *[The Manuscript Found in Saragossa](/wiki/The_Manuscript_Found_in_Saragossa "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa")* – [Jan Potocki](/wiki/Jan_Potocki "Jan Potocki"); *[Le Dernier Homme](/wiki/Le_Dernier_Homme "Le Dernier Homme")* – [Jean\-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville](/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Cousin_de_Grainville "Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville")
* **[1806 in literature](/wiki/1806_in_literature "1806 in literature")** – *[Zofloya](/wiki/Zofloya "Zofloya")* by [Charlotte Dacre](/wiki/Charlotte_Dacre "Charlotte Dacre") \- *[Leonora](/wiki/Leonora_%28novel%29 "Leonora (novel)")* by [Maria Edgeworth](/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth "Maria Edgeworth") \- *[The Wild Irish Girl](/wiki/The_Wild_Irish_Girl "The Wild Irish Girl")* by [Sydney, Lady Morgan](/wiki/Sydney%2C_Lady_Morgan "Sydney, Lady Morgan")
* **[1807 in literature](/wiki/1807_in_literature "1807 in literature")** – *[Tales from Shakespeare](/wiki/Tales_from_Shakespeare "Tales from Shakespeare")* – [Charles Lamb](/wiki/Charles_Lamb_%28writer%29 "Charles Lamb (writer)") and [Mary Lamb](/wiki/Mary_Lamb "Mary Lamb")
* **[1808 in literature](/wiki/1808_in_literature "1808 in literature")** – *[Faust](/wiki/Goethe%27s_Faust "Goethe's Faust")* – [Goethe](/wiki/Goethe "Goethe"); *[Marmion](/wiki/Marmion_%28poem%29 "Marmion (poem)")* – [Walter Scott](/wiki/Walter_Scott "Walter Scott")
* **[1809 in literature](/wiki/1809_in_literature "1809 in literature")** – *[The Martyrs](/wiki/The_Martyrs "The Martyrs")* – [François\-René de Chateaubriand](/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand "François-René de Chateaubriand"); *[Elective Affinities](/wiki/Elective_Affinities "Elective Affinities")* – [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"). Death of [Thomas Paine](/wiki/Thomas_Paine "Thomas Paine")

What role did politics play in shaping literary works during this era?