1799 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1799. Events Premières of the second and third parts of Friedrich Schiller's dramatic trilogy Wallenstein are performed at the Weimarer Hoftheater under Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: January 30 – Die Piccolomini. April 20 – Wallensteins Tod (Wallenstein's Death) as Wallenstein. April 13 – The father of Charles and Mary Lamb dies; Charles becomes his sister's guardian. May 8 – The Religious Tract Society is established as an evangelical publisher in Paternoster Row, London; it continues as The Lutterworth Press into the 21st century. December 20 – William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy first take up residence at Dove Cottage, Grasmere. William completes the first version of The Prelude during the year. unknown dates A new edition of Edward Young's Night Thoughts is illustrated by Thomas Stothard. The Monthly Magazine and American Review starts publication in the United States, edited by Charles Brockden Brown. New books