List of years in literature
1790s
### 1790s

* **[1790 in literature](/wiki/1790_in_literature "1790 in literature")** – *[Reflections on the Revolution in France](/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France "Reflections on the Revolution in France")* – [Edmund Burke](/wiki/Edmund_Burke "Edmund Burke"); *[Tam O'Shanter](/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_%28Burns_poem%29 "Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem)")* – [Robert Burns](/wiki/Robert_Burns "Robert Burns")
* **[1791 in literature](/wiki/1791_in_literature "1791 in literature")** – *[Justine](/wiki/Justine_%28Sade%29 "Justine (Sade)")* – [Marquis de Sade](/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade "Marquis de Sade"); *[The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.](/wiki/The_Life_of_Samuel_Johnson%2C_LL.D. "The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.")* – [James Boswell](/wiki/James_Boswell "James Boswell"); *[Dream of the Red Chamber](/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber "Dream of the Red Chamber")* – [Cao Xueqin](/wiki/Cao_Xueqin "Cao Xueqin")
* **[1792 in literature](/wiki/1792_in_literature "1792 in literature")** – *[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman](/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman")* – [Mary Wollstonecraft](/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft "Mary Wollstonecraft")
* **[1793 in literature](/wiki/1793_in_literature "1793 in literature")** – *[Songs of Experience](/wiki/Songs_of_Experience "Songs of Experience")* – [William Blake](/wiki/William_Blake "William Blake"). Birth of [John Neal](/wiki/John_Neal_%28writer%29 "John Neal (writer)")
* **[1794 in literature](/wiki/1794_in_literature "1794 in literature")** – *[The Age of Reason](/wiki/The_Age_of_Reason "The Age of Reason")* – [Thomas Paine](/wiki/Thomas_Paine "Thomas Paine"). Death of [James Boswell](/wiki/James_Boswell "James Boswell")
* **[1795 in literature](/wiki/1795_in_literature "1795 in literature")** – *[Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship](/wiki/Wilhelm_Meister%27s_Apprenticeship "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship")* (to 1796\) – [Goethe](/wiki/Goethe "Goethe"); *[The Mysteries of Udolpho](/wiki/The_Mysteries_of_Udolpho "The Mysteries of Udolpho")* – [Ann Radcliffe](/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe "Ann Radcliffe"). Death of [James Boswell](/wiki/James_Boswell "James Boswell")
* **[1796 in literature](/wiki/1796_in_literature "1796 in literature")** – *[Camilla](/wiki/Camilla_%28Burney_novel%29 "Camilla (Burney novel)")* – [Fanny Burney](/wiki/Fanny_Burney "Fanny Burney"); *[Memoirs of My Life and Writings](/wiki/Memoirs_of_My_Life_and_Writings "Memoirs of My Life and Writings")* – [Edward Gibbon](/wiki/Edward_Gibbon "Edward Gibbon"); *[The Monk](/wiki/The_Monk "The Monk")* – [Matthew Lewis](/wiki/Matthew_Gregory_Lewis "Matthew Gregory Lewis"). Death of [Robert Burns](/wiki/Robert_Burns "Robert Burns")
* **[1797 in literature](/wiki/1797_in_literature "1797 in literature")** – *[l'Histoire de Juliette](/wiki/L%27Histoire_de_Juliette "L'Histoire de Juliette")* – [Marquis de Sade](/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade "Marquis de Sade"); *[Kubla Khan](/wiki/Kubla_Khan "Kubla Khan")* – [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge "Samuel Taylor Coleridge"). Death of [Edmund Burke](/wiki/Edmund_Burke "Edmund Burke"); [Horace Walpole](/wiki/Horace_Walpole "Horace Walpole"); [Mary Wollstonecraft](/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft "Mary Wollstonecraft")
* **[1798 in literature](/wiki/1798_in_literature "1798 in literature")** – *[Lyrical Ballads](/wiki/Lyrical_Ballads "Lyrical Ballads")* – [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge "Samuel Taylor Coleridge") and [William Wordsworth](/wiki/William_Wordsworth "William Wordsworth"); *[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner](/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")* – [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge "Samuel Taylor Coleridge")
* **[1799 in literature](/wiki/1799_in_literature "1799 in literature")** – *[Arthur Mervyn](/wiki/Arthur_Mervyn "Arthur Mervyn")* – [Charles Brockden Brown](/wiki/Charles_Brockden_Brown "Charles Brockden Brown"); *[Wallenstein](/wiki/Wallenstein_%28trilogy_of_plays%29 "Wallenstein (trilogy of plays)")* – [Friedrich Schiller](/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller "Friedrich Schiller")
* **[1800 in literature](/wiki/1800_in_literature "1800 in literature")** – *[Castle Rackrent](/wiki/Castle_Rackrent "Castle Rackrent")* – [Maria Edgeworth](/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth "Maria Edgeworth"); *[Hymns to the Night](/wiki/Hymns_to_the_Night "Hymns to the Night")* – [Novalis](/wiki/Novalis "Novalis"); *[Mary Stuart](/wiki/Mary_Stuart_%28Schiller_play%29 "Mary Stuart (Schiller play)")* – [Friedrich Schiller](/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller "Friedrich Schiller"); *[Glenfinlas](/wiki/Glenfinlas_%28poem%29 "Glenfinlas (poem)")* – [Walter Scott](/wiki/Walter_Scott "Walter Scott")

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