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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events[]

  • Jacques Delille elected to membership in the Académie Française in large part due to his verse translation of the Georgics in 1769[1]

Works published[]

Colonial America[]

Anthologies
  • Samuel Occom, editor, A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs[2]

United Kingdom[]

  • James Beattie, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius, Book 2 (Book 1 1771, both books published together with other verse in 1775)[3]
  • William Dunkin, The Poetical Works of the Late William Dunkin, posthumously published; Volume 1 includes Latin and Ancient Greek poetry with English translations[3]
  • Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation; a poem, published April 19, soon after Goldsmith died[3]
  • Richard Graves, The Progress of Gallantry, published anonymously[3]
  • Thomas Gray, The Poems of Mr. Gray (posthumous)
  • William Mason, An Heroic Postscript to the Public, published anonymously[3]
  • Hannah More, The Inflexible Captive: A tragedy[3]
  • Henry James Pye, Farringdon Hill[3]
  • Mary Scott, The Female Advocate, a response to The Feminead 1754 by John Duncombe[3]
  • Thomas Warton the Younger, History of English Poetry, in three volumes, published from 1774-1781[3]
  • William Whitehead, Plays and Poems by William Whitehead, Esq. Poet Laureat (see also Poems 1788)[3]

Other languages[]

  • Charles Batteux, Principes de la littérature, including Cours de belles lettres of 1765; criticism; France

Births[]

File:GoldsmithOliver.jpg

Oliver Goldsmith

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:nda

Deaths[]

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. France, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 226, New York: Oxford University Press (1995) ISBN 0198661258
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  4. Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328
  5. Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008

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