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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
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French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
Colonial America
- Jane Dunlap, Poems upon Several Sermons Preached by the Rev'd George WhitefieldGeorge WhitefieldGeorge Whitefield , also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican priest who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain, and especially in the British North American colonies. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally...
, Colonial Massachusetts - Levi Frisbie, "A Poem on the Rise and Progress of Moor's Indian Charity School", EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
, Colonial AmericaColonial AmericaThe colonial history of the United States covers the history from the start of European settlement and especially the history of the thirteen colonies of Britain until they declared independence in 1776. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain and the Netherlands launched major... - John TrumbullJohn TrumbullJohn Trumbull was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings...
, "An Elegy on the Death of Mr. Buckingham St. John", EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
, Colonial America
United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- James BeattieJames Beattie (writer)Professor James Beattie FRSE was a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher.He was born the son of a shopkeeper and small farmer at Laurencekirk in the Mearns, and educated at Aberdeen University. In 1760, he was appointed Professor of moral philosophy there as a result of the interest of his...
, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius, Book 1, (Book 2: The English Garden 17741774 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jacques Delille elected to membership in the Académie Française in large part due to his verse translation of the Georgics in 1769-Colonial America:* Hugh Henry Brackenridge, "A Poem on Divine...
, in 4 volumes 1771–17811781 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:Image:JoshuaReynoldsParty.jpg|A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted this year...
) - James Cawthorn, Poems
- John LanghorneJohn LanghorneJohn Langhorne was a British translator, poet and priest. He and his brother, William Langhorne, are best known for their English translation of Plutarch's Lives.-Biography:...
, The Fables of Flora - Henry MackenzieHenry MackenzieHenry Mackenzie was a Scottish novelist and miscellaneous writer. He was also known by the sobriquet "Addison of the North."-Biography:Mackenzie was born in Edinburgh....
, Pursuits of Happiness, published anonymously after a stay in London; Scottish - Thomas Percy, The Hermit of Warkworth, published anonymously
- Henry James PyeHenry James PyeHenry James Pye was an English poet. Pye was Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death. He was the first poet laureate to receive a fixed salary of £27 instead of the historic tierce of Canary wine Henry James Pye (20 February 1745 – 11 August 1813) was an English poet. Pye was Poet Laureate...
, The Triumph of Fashion - John WesleyJohn WesleyJohn Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...
, The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, published in 32 volumes (1771–17741774 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jacques Delille elected to membership in the Académie Française in large part due to his verse translation of the Georgics in 1769-Colonial America:* Hugh Henry Brackenridge, "A Poem on Divine...
) by the Methodist divine and hymn writer
Other
- Ambrosius StubAmbrosius StubAmbrosius Christoffersen Stub was a Danish poet.- Life :Stub was born in Gummerup on the island of Funen, but his exact birth date is unknown. He was baptized at Verninge on May 17, 1705. The son of a tailor, he was able to attend the Latin school of Odense due to the generosity of noblemen who...
, Arier og andre poetiske Stykker ("Arier and Other Poetic Works"), edited by T. S. Heiberg; Denmark, posthumous - Martin Wieland, New Amadis, a comic poem in 18 cantos; Germany
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- April 7 – William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
(died 18501850 in poetry— From Cantos 27 and 56, In Memoriam A.H.H., by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet - Thomas John DibdinThomas John DibdinThomas John Dibdin was an English dramatist and song-writer.Dibdin was the son of Charles Dibdin, a song-writer and theatre manager, and of Mrs Davenet, an actress whose real name was Harriet Pitt. He was apprenticed to his maternal uncle, a London upholsterer, and later to William Rawlins,...
(died 18411841 in poetryThe year's at the spring,And day's at the morn;Morning's at seven;The hill-side's dew-pearled;The lark's on the wing;The snail's on the thorn;God's in his Heaven -All's right with the world!...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
dramatist and song-writer - Thomas Green FessendenThomas Green FessendenThomas Green Fessenden was an author and editor who worked in England and the United States.-Biography:...
, (died 18371837 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Clare is institutionalized as insane....
), American - Liang DeshengLiang DeshengLiang Desheng was a Chinese poet and writer active during the Qing Dynasty. She was the wife of a prominent intellectual from Hangzhou. Since her sister died young, Liang Desheng acted as a surrogate mother for her niece Wang Duan, who would become an editor...
(died 18471847 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Edwin Atherstone, The Fall of Nineveh, enlarged to 30 books...
), Chinese poet and writer during the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China.... - James MontgomeryJames MontgomeryJames Montgomery was a British editor, hymnwriter and poet. He was particularly associated with humanitarian causes such as the campaigns to abolish slavery and to end the exploitation of child chimney sweeps....
(died 18541854 in poetry— From "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
editor and poet - Sir Walter Scott (died 18321832 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Weimar Classicism period in Germany is commonly considered to have begun in 1788) and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Schiller, or this year, with the death of Goethe* Thomas...
), Scottish historical novelist and poet - Sydney SmithSydney SmithSydney Smith was an English writer and Anglican cleric. -Life:Born in Woodford, Essex, England, Smith was the son of merchant Robert Smith and Maria Olier , who suffered from epilepsy...
(died 18451845 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 10—Robert Browning, 32, and Elizabeth Barrett, 38, begin their correspondence when she receives a note declaring "I love you" from Browning, a little-known poet whose verses she had...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
writer and Anglican clergyman - Dorothy WordsworthDorothy WordsworthDorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth was an English author, poet and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close for all of their lives...
(died 18551855 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* Charles Heavysege:**The revolt of Tartarus, a poem in six parts ** Sonnets Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
author, poet and diarist
Deaths
- July 30 – Thomas GrayThomas GrayThomas Gray was a poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.-Early life and education:...
(born 17161716 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*Voltaire is exiled to Tulle.*Poet John Byrom returns to England to teach his own system of shorthand....
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University; died in Cambridge, then buried beside his mother in the churchyard of Stoke PogesStoke PogesStoke Poges is a village and civil parish in the South Buckinghamshire district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the south of the county, about three miles north of Slough and a mile east of Farnham Common....
, the setting for his famous 17501750 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for "On the Attributes of the Supreme Being"-Works published:...
poem, Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardElegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem’s origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray’s thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Originally titled Stanza's Wrote in a Country... - August 19 – Daniel Schiebeler (born 17411741 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* About this time Thomas Seaton established the Seatonian Prize at Cambridge University for religious poetry-Great Britain:...
), German writer and poet - December 23 – Johann Friedrich Löwen (born 17271727 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jonathan Swift revisits England this year and stays with his friend Alexander Pope until the visit is cut short when Swift gets word that Esther Johnson is dying. He rushes back...
), German poet, intellectual, drama theorist and at one time a confidant of Gotthold Ephraim LessingGotthold Ephraim LessingGotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature... - Samuel BowdenSamuel BowdenSamuel Bowden was an English physician and poetBowden, from Frome, Somerset, was author of two volumes of poems published 1733-5. From the Gentleman's Magazine, to which he was an occasional contributor, it is deduced that he was living in 1761, while a passing mention of him in 1778 is in the...
- John GamboldJohn GamboldJohn Gambold , was bishop of the Unitas Fratrum.- Early Life :John Gambold received his early education from his father, William Gambold, a clergyman, and in 1726 entered as a servitor at Christ Church, Oxford...
- Christopher SmartChristopher SmartChristopher Smart , also known as "Kit Smart", "Kitty Smart", and "Jack Smart", was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout...
(born 17221722 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Thomas Cooke, Marlborough, the Duke of Marlborough died June 16...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet - Tobias SmollettTobias SmollettTobias George Smollett was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens.-Life:Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton,...
(born 17211721 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Joseph Addison, The Works of Joseph Addison, edited by Thomas Tickell...
), Scottish poet and author
See also
- List of years in poetry
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- 18th century in poetry18th century in poetry-Decades and years:...
- 18th century in literature18th century in literatureSee also: 18th century in poetry, 17th century in literature, other events of the 18th century, 19th century in literature, list of years in literature.Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the 18th century....
- French literature of the 18th centuryFrench literature of the 18th century18th-century French literature is French literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798, the year of the coup d’État of Bonaparte which brought the Consulate to power, concluded the French Revolution, and began the modern era of French history...
- Sturm und DrangSturm und DrangSturm und Drang is a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism...
(the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s - List of years in poetry
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...