List of years in poetry (table) |
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... 1727 . 1728 . 1729 . 1730 . 1731 . 1732 . 1733 ... 1734 1735 1736 -1737- 1738 1739 1740 ... 1741 . 1742 . 1743 . 1744 . 1745 . 1746 . 1747 ... In literature: 1734 1735 1736 -1737- 1738 1739 1740 |
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events[]
- Samuel Johnson and David Garrick leave Lichfield for London.[1]
Works published in English[]
Great Britain[]
- Henry Carey, The Musical Century, in One Hundred English Ballads, with Carey's musical settings[2]
- Stephen Duck, The Vision, on the November 20 death of Queen Caroline[2]
- Richard Glover, Leonidas, in nine books (expanded to 12 in 1770)[2]
- Matthew Green, The Spleen,[1] has been called his chief poem; with a preface by his friend Richard Glover (see also, "Deaths" below)
- Alexander Pope:
- Horace His Ode to Venus[2]
- The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated[2]
- Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of his Friends, the first authorized edition (see Letters of Mr Pope and Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence, both 1735)[2]
- The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated[2]
- The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumes 5 and 6, letters (see also Works 1717, 1735, 1736[2]
- Allan Ramsay, co-author and editor, The Tea-Table Miscellany, a collection of Scots songs, in Scots and English, composed or amended by Ramsay and his friends, the last of four volumes, with the first volume published in 1724[3]
- William Shenstone, Poems Upon Various Occasions, published anonymously; includes the earliest version of "The School-mistress", with 12 stanzas (expanded version in 28 stanzas published separately in 1742, the final version in 35 stanzas published in Volume 1 of Dodsley's Collection of Poems 1748)[2]
- Jonathan Swift, Poems on Several Occasions
- John Wesley and Charles Wesley, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns[4]
Other languages[]
- Biographies, criticism, scholarship
- Ignacio de Luzán Claramunt de Suelves y Gurrea, Poética, work of criticism that gives classic rules in Spanish literary composition[1]
Births[]
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 3 – Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (died 1823), German poet and critic
- Joseph Mather
- Elizabeth Graeme Fegusson (died 1801), poet and sponsor of literary salons; Colonial America[5]
Deaths[]
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Abel Evans (born 1679), English clergyman, academic, and poet
- Ignjat Đurđević (born 1675), Croatian poet and translator
- Matthew Green (born 1696); English (see "Works" above)
- Elizabeth Rowe (born 1674) English novelist, playwright and poet
- Vakhtang VI of Kartli (born 1675), Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet
See also[]
- Poetry
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry
- 18th century in literature
- Augustan poetry
- Scriblerus Club
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ↑ "Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)", article, The Burns Encyclopedia, online edition, retrieved July 1, 2009. Archived 2009-07-21.
- ↑ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ↑ Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
External links[]
- [1] "A Time-Line of Poetry in English"], Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
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