1776 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
	... 1766 . 1767 . 1768 . 1769 . 1770 . 1771 . 1772 ...; 1773 1774 1775 -1776- 1777 1778 1779; ... 1780 . 1781 . 1782 . 1783 . 1784 . 1785 . 1786 ... In literature: 1773 1774 1775 -1776- 1777 1778 1779
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events[]

March — Phillis Wheatley, appeared before General George Washington for her poetry. A former slave, she was a strong supporter of independence during the American Revolution.

James Beattie, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
Richard Graves, Euphrosyne; or, Amusements on the Road of Life^[1]
David Herd, editor, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, anthology^[1]
William Mickle, translator, The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India, translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camoens^[1]
Hannah More, Sir Eldred of the Bower, and The Bleeding Rock^[1]
Jonathan Richardson, Morning Thoughts; or, Poetical Meditations, Moral, Divine and Miscellaneous^[1]
John Scott, Amwell^[1]
Augustus Montague Toplady, Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Worship^[1]
William Whitehead, Variety, published anonymously^[1]

Johannes Ewald, a funeral ode on the occasion of the death of Frederik V; Denmark^[3]
Basilio da Gama, Os Campos Elíseos ("The Elysian Fields"), on the fine arts; Brazil^[4]
Vincenzo Monti, La visione di Ezechiello, Italy

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

[year not certain] – Lady Morgan, née Sydney Owenson, (died 1859), Irish novelist and poet
[year not certain] – Charles Newton (poet)^[5]

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
↑ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
↑ Giovanni Bach, Richard Beck, Adolph B. Benson, Axel Johan Uppvall, and others, translated in part and edited by Frederika Blankner, The History of the Scandinavian Literatures: A Survey of the Literatures of the Norway, Sweden, Denamark, Iceland and Finland From Their Origins to the Present Day, p 178, Dial Press, 1938, New York
↑ Web page titled "Basílio da Gama/Bibliografia" at the Academia Brasilia Letros website, retrieved February 4, 2009
↑ Web page titled "The Book of Eighteenth Century Verse" at the "Romantic Circles" website of the University of Maryland, retrieved December 4, 2008

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