1820 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1820.
Owen Chase in later life
1821 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1821.
1820 in literature
…Poet John Keats, suffering from tuberculosis, leaves London to take up residence in the house on the Spanish Steps in Rome where he will die in 1821.At the suggestion of his doctors, Keats had agreed to move to Italy with his friend, the painter Joseph Severn. On 13 September, they left for Gravesend…
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Thomas Lawrence. Scott's historical novel Kenilworth was published in 1821.
Keats's grave in Rome