1822 in literature

The year 1822 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

 * Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Thursday-evening class" begins
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley dies

New books

 * Hans Christian Andersen - Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave
 * Richard Henry Dana, Sr. - Paul Felton
 * Kenelm Henry Digby - The Broad-Stone of Honour
 * Sarah Green - Nuptial Discoveries
 * Jane Harvey - Singularity
 * Ann Hatton - Guilty or Not Guilty
 * Washington Irving - Bracebridge Hall
 * Lady Caroline Lamb - Graham Hamilton
 * John Neal - Logan, A Family History
 * Charles Nodier - Trilby
 * Anna Maria Porter - The Hunters of the Pyrenees
 * Rosalia St. Clair - Clavering Tower
 * Sir Walter Scott
 * The Fortunes of Nigel
 * Peveril of the Peak
 * The Pirate
 * Catharine Maria Sedgwick - A New England Tale

New drama

 * Franz Grillparzer - The Golden Fleece
 * Alessandro Manzoni - Adelchi

Poetry

 * Lord Byron - The Vision of Judgment
 * António Feliciano de Castilho - Primavera
 * Eleanor Anne Porden - Coeur de Lion
 * Mary Roberts - The Royal Exile
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley - Hellas

Births

 * May 22 - Edmond de Goncourt  (+  1896)
 * December 24 - Matthew Arnold (+  1888)
 * December 26 - Dion Boucicault (+ 1890)
 * date unknown - Boleslav Markevich (+ 1884)

Deaths

 * April 20 - Allegra Byron, five-year-old illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron
 * June 25 - E. T. A. Hoffmann, fantasy author
 * July 7 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (drowned)
 * December 7 - John Aikin, miscellaneous author
 * date unknown - Józef Wybicki, poet