1788 in poetry
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This year three works of poetry, all written by women (the Falconars, More and Yearsley), condemned slavery
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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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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...
This year three works of poetry, all written by women (the Falconars, More and Yearsley), condemned slaverySlavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
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- Henry CaryHenry Francis CaryHenry Francis Cary was a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.-Biography:Henry Francis Cary was born in Gibraltar, on 6 December 1772...
, Sonnets and Odes, the author turned 16 years old this year - William CollinsWilliam Collins (poet)William Collins was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century...
, Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland - William CroweWilliam Crowe (poet)William Crowe was an English poet, born in Midgham, Berkshire, England. He was the son of a carpenter and was educated as a foundationer at Winchester. He then proceeded to Oxford, where he became Public Orator. He wrote a smooth, but somewhat...
, Lewesdon Hill, published anonymously - Maria Falconar and Harriet Falconar:
- Poems
- Poems on Slavery
- James HurdisJames HurdisJames Hurdis was a clergyman and a poet. He studied at St Mary Hall, Oxford and Magdalen College, Oxford, later becoming a Fellow of Magdalen College. He was the vicar for the West Sussex village of Burpham and it was there that he wrote The Village Curate...
, The Village Curate - Robert Merry, writing under the pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
"Della Crusca", Diversity - Hannah MoreHannah MoreHannah More was an English religious writer, and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical...
, Slavery: A Poem - "Peter Pindar", see John Wolcot, below
- William WhiteheadWilliam Whitehead__FORCETOC__William Whitehead was an English poet and playwright. He became Poet Laureate in 1757 after Thomas Gray declined the position.-Life:...
, Poems by William Whitehead, published posthumously, edited by William MasonWilliam Mason (poet)William Mason was an English poet, editor and gardener.He was born in Hull and educated at Hull Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1754 and held a number of posts in the church....
(see also Plays and Poems 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...
) - John WolcotJohn WolcotJohn Wolcot , satirist, born in Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge in Devon, was educated by an uncle, and studied medicine. In 1767 he went as physician to Sir William Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica, and whom he induced to present him to a Church in the island then vacant, and was ordained in 1769...
, writing under the pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
"Peter Pindar", Tales and Fables - Ann YearsleyAnn YearsleyAnn Yearsley née Cromartie was an English poet and writer.Born in Bristol to John and Anne Cromartie , Ann married John Yearsley, a yeoman, in 1774. A decade later the family were rescued from destitution by the charity of Hannah More and others. More organized subscriptions for Yearsley to...
, A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade
United States
- Timothy DwightTimothy Dwight IVTimothy Dwight was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author...
, published anonymously, "The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem", satire in heroic couplets; supports Calvinism and attacks VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
, David HumeDavid HumeDavid Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. He was one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment...
, Joseph Priestly and their followers - Philip Freneau, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. Philip Freneau, Containing His Essays and Additional Poems
- Francis HopkinsonFrancis HopkinsonFrancis Hopkinson , an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania...
:- An Ode, in honor of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
- Seven Songs, for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano
- Peter Markoe:
- "The Times", satire on prominent Philadelphia society people
- "The Storm", attributed to Markoe
- William RoscoeWilliam RoscoeWilliam Roscoe , was an English historian and miscellaneous writer.-Life:He was born in Liverpool, where his father, a market gardener, kept a public house called the Bowling Green at Mount Pleasant. Roscoe left school at the age of twelve, having learned all that his schoolmaster could teach...
, The Wrongs of Africa: A Poem - Susanna RowsonSusanna RowsonSusanna Rowson, née Haswell was a British-American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress and educator....
:- Poems on Various Subjects
- A Trip to Parnassus
Works published in other languages
- Basilio da GamaBasílio da GamaJosé Basílio da Gama was a Brazilian-born Portuguese poet and member of the Society of Jesus, famous for the epic poem O Uraguai...
, Relação abreviada da República e Lenitivo da saudade; Brazil - Joseph QuesnelJoseph QuesnelJoseph Quesnel was a French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera....
, Colas et Colinette, a comedy in verse, French language, published in Quebec, CanadaCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- January 22 – George Gordon, Lord Byron (died 18241824 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March - Samuel Taylor Coleridge elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature...
), 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 and leading figure in Romanticism - March 10 – Joseph von Eichendorff (died 18571857 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writing under the pen name "Owen Meredith", The Wanderer...
), German poet and novelist - May 16 – Friedrich RückertFriedrich RückertFriedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.-Biography:Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816-1817, he worked on the editorial...
(died 18661866 in poetry* John Greenleaf Whittier:** Snow-Bound, United States** "Abraham Davenport", poem published in The Atlantic Monthly in May , about an incident involving Abraham Davenport-France:* Théodore de Banville, Les Exilés...
), German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages - October 24 – Sarah Josepha HaleSarah Josepha HaleSarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer and an influential editor. She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"...
(died 18791879 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Edwin Arnold, The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation...
), American writer, influential editor, author of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb" - date not known – R. H. Barham (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...
poet and humorist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- June 12 – Johann Andreas Cramer (born 17231723 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English colonies in America:* Samuel Keimer, Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of [....
), German poet, writer and theologian - Mather BylesMather BylesMather Byles , was a clergyman active in British North America.He was descended, on his mother's side, from John Cotton and Richard Mather. He graduated at Harvard University in 1725, and in 1733 became pastor of the Hollis Street Church , Boston...
, (born 17071707 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Elizabeth Bradford and William Bradford write prefatory poems for Benjamin Keach's War with the Devil, Colonial America...
), 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 American clergyman and poet - William Julius MickleWilliam Julius MickleWilliam Julius Mickle was a Scottish poet.Son of the minister of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, he was for some time a brewer in Edinburgh, but failed. He moved to England where he worked as a corrector for the Clarendon Press at Oxford. In 1771-75 Mickle lodged at the manor house in Forest Hill,...
(born 17351735 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English Colonial America:...
), Scottish poet - Robert Nugent, 1st Earl NugentRobert Nugent, 1st Earl NugentRobert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath...
, (born 17021702 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Interior or The Narrow Road to the Deep North was published in 1702...
), IrishIrish poetryThe 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...
poet and politician - Thomas Russell (poet) (born 17621762 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Colonial America:* Thomas Godfrey, "The Court of Fancy: A Poem", English, Colonial America* Francis Hopkinson, English, Colonial America:...
), English poet whose Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems were posthumously published in 1789 - Charles WesleyCharles WesleyCharles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
(born 17071707 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Elizabeth Bradford and William Bradford write prefatory poems for Benjamin Keach's War with the Devil, Colonial America...
), Methodist clergyman and hymn writer