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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1896. ==Events== *February 11 - Oscar Wilde's play ''Salome'' (written in 1891) is premièred (while Wilde is in prison), in French by Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre company in Paris, perhaps at the Comédie-Parisienne. *March 3 - Publication begins of the world's first magazine with an orientation to male homosexuality, ''Der Eigene'', by Adolf Brand in Berlin. *July 7 - Charles Thomas Wooldridge is hanged at Reading Gaol in England for uxoricide, inspiring fellow-prisoner C.3.3. Oscar Wilde's ''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' (1897). *October 10 - ''The New York Times'' publishes its first book review section, which evolves to become ''The New York Times Book Review''.〔(''The New York Times'' ), October 10, 1896. Inaugural book review issue (announced on page 4, column 1)〕 *October 17 - Anton Chekhov's play ''The Seagull'' (Чайка, ''Chayka'') is unsuccessfully premièred at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg (Russia). *November - The British magazine ''The Lady's Realm'' is first published, edited by William Henry Wilkins. *December 10 - Alfred Jarry's play ''Ubu Roi'' (first published this Spring in ''Le Livre d'art'') is premièred by the Théâtre de l'Œuvre in Paris. The opening word, "''Merdre!''", triggers disturbances and the play is not performed again in the author's lifetime. * Stephanus Jacobus du Toit's ''Die Koningin van Skeba'', the first Afrikaans language novel, begins serialization in ''Ons Klyntji''. * Frank Munsey's ''The Argosy'' publishes its first all adult fiction issue, pioneering the pulp magazine genre in the United States. * Final volume of Theodore Roosevelt's ''The Winning of the West''. * Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt of Queen's College, Oxford, begin excavation at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, discovering the Oxyrhynchus Papyri. * English twins Agnes S. Lewis and Margaret D. Gibson bring the treasures of the Cairo Geniza to the attention of Western scholars; notably the first Hebrew language text of the book of Ecclesiastes known in modern times. * The Publishers Association is established in the United Kingdom as a trade association. * The Cheltenham typeface is designed by architect Bertram Goodhue and Ingalls Kimball, director of the Cheltenham Press in New York; and Akzidenz-Grotesk by the Berthold Type Foundry in Berlin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1896 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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