1808 in literature
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The year 1808 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

• Opening of the Théâtre St. Philippe, New Orleans.
• The first Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, established in 1732, is destroyed by fire. Rebuilding begins in December.

New books

• Sophia Bouverie
  • Lord Hubert of Arundel
  • St. Justin
• James Norris Brewer - Mountville Castle
• Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis -The Earl of Cork
• Sarah Green - Tankerville Family
• Elizabeth Hamilton - The Cottagers of Glenburnie
• Anthony Frederick Holstein – Sir Owen Glendowr
• Francis Lathom - The Northern Gallery
• Caroline Maxwell – Alfred of Normandy
• Charles Maturin - The Wild Irish Boy
• Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - The Old Irish Baronet
• Henrietta Sykes – Margiana
• Elizabeth Thomas - The Husband and Wife
• Anne Trelawney
  • Characters at Brighton
  • Offspring of Mortimer
• R. P. M. Yorke - Valley of Collares
• Mary Julia Young - The Star of Fashion

New drama

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust, Part 1
• Heinrich von Kleist - The Broken Jug (English translation)
• Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger - Hakon Jarl

Poetry

• Sir Walter Scott - Marmion

Non-fiction

• Charles Fourier - The Theory of the Four Movements
• J. F. Fries - Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft (New Critique of Reason)
• Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel - Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier

Births

• January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian and writer
• February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, German poet
• February 16 - Gustave Planche, French critic
• May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator
• June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet
• June 28 - James Spedding, English author and editor
• November 2 - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist
• Solomon Northup, American memoirist
• Vendela Hebbe, Swedish playwright, journalist and novelist

Deaths

• September 5 - John Home, Scottish poet
• September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian man of letters
• Melchiore Cesarotti, Italian poet

Awards