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| * About this year, the ] movement ended in ] literature (including poetry) and music, which began in the late 1760s. 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". | * About this year, the ] movement ended in ] literature (including poetry) and music, which began in the late 1760s. 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". | ||
| * ] advertises in the September issue of ''The Boston Magazine'' for subscribers to a volume of poetry she proposes to publish, but the volume never appears, apparently for lack of support; ]<ref>Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books. ISBN |
* ] advertises in the September issue of ''The Boston Magazine'' for subscribers to a volume of poetry she proposes to publish, but the volume never appears, apparently for lack of support; ]<ref>Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books. {{ISBN|978-0-465-01850-5}}, p 68</ref> | ||
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| * ], ''The Air Balloon''<ref name=cocel>Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN |
* ], ''The Air Balloon''<ref name=cocel>Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-19-860634-6}}</ref> | ||
| * ], ''A Supplement to the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton'', poetry and prose (see also, ''Miscellanies'' ]), published posthumously (died ])<ref name=cocel/> | * ], ''A Supplement to the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton'', poetry and prose (see also, ''Miscellanies'' ]), published posthumously (died ])<ref name=cocel/> | ||
| * ], ''Poems, Moral and Descriptive''<ref name=cocel/> | * ], ''Poems, Moral and Descriptive''<ref name=cocel/> | ||
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| * January 31 – ] (died ]), ] ] poet | * January 31 – ] (died ]), ] ] poet | ||
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* June 17 – ] (died ]), ] 'gentleman scientist' and poet | ||
| * May 18 – ] (died ]), ] poet | |||
| * July 27 – ] (died ]), ] soldier-poet of the ], inventor of a specific genre — ] poetry noted for its hedonism and bravado | * July 27 – ] (died ]), ] soldier-poet of the ], inventor of a specific genre — ] poetry noted for its hedonism and bravado | ||
| * October 19 – ] (died ]), ] critic, essayist, poet and writer | * October 19 – ] (died ]), ] critic, essayist, poet and writer | ||
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| * February 2 – ] (born ]), ]-born ] preacher and hymn-writer | * February 2 – ] (born ]), ]-born ] preacher and hymn-writer | ||
| * February 14 – ] (born ]), ] poet | * February 14 – ] (born ]), ] poet | ||
| * March 17 – ] (born ]), ]-born poet | |||
| * May 20 – ] (born ]), ] poet | * May 20 – ] (born ]), ] poet | ||
| * November 1 – ] (born ]), ] man of letters | * November 1 – ] (born ]), ] man of letters | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 27 June 2024
Overview of the events of 1784 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- About this year, the Sturm und Drang movement ended in German literature (including poetry) and music, which began in the late 1760s. 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".
- Phillis Wheatley advertises in the September issue of The Boston Magazine for subscribers to a volume of poetry she proposes to publish, but the volume never appears, apparently for lack of support; United States
Works published
United Kingdom
- Anonymous, Rolliad
- Mary Alcock, The Air Balloon
- Thomas Chatterton, A Supplement to the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton, poetry and prose (see also, Miscellanies 1778), published posthumously (died 1770)
- Richard Jago, Poems, Moral and Descriptive
- Anna Seward, Louisa: A poetical novel
- Charlotte Turner Smith, Elegaic Sonnets, and Other Essays (see also Elegaic Sonnets 1797)
- Helen Maria Williams:
- An Ode on the Peace
- Peru
Other
- Évariste de Parny, Élégies, France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 31 – Bernard Barton (died 1849), English Quaker poet
- June 17 – Andrew Crosse (died 1855), English 'gentleman scientist' and poet
- May 18 – William Tennant (died 1848), Scottish poet
- July 27 – Denis Davydov (died 1839), Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars, inventor of a specific genre — hussar poetry noted for its hedonism and bravado
- October 19 – Leigh Hunt (died 1859), English critic, essayist, poet and writer
- November 17 – Julia Nyberg (died 1854), Swedish poet and songwriter
- December 7 – Allan Cunningham (died 1842), Scottish poet and author
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 17 – Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (born 1716), Japanese, Edo period poet and painter; along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period and one of the greatest haiku poets of all time (surname: Yosa)
- February 2 – Henry Alline (born 1748), American-born Canadian preacher and hymn-writer
- February 14 – Charlotta Löfgren (born 1720), Swedish poet
- March 17 – Anne Penny (born 1729), Welsh-born poet
- May 20 – Alexander Ross (born 1699), Scottish poet
- November 1 – Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan (born 1709), French man of letters
- December 5 – Phillis Wheatley (born 1753), American poet, died in poverty while working on a second book of poetry, subsequently lost
- December 13 – Dr. Samuel Johnson (born 1709), English writer, poet, lexicographer, editor and literary critic
- Lê Quý Đôn (born 1726), Vietnamese, philosopher, poet, encyclopedist and government official
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry
- 18th century in literature
- 18th-century French literature
- List of years in poetry
- Poetry
Notes
- Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01850-5, p 68
- ^ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- Women's Political and Social Thought: An Anthology by Hilda L. Smith, Indiana University Press, 2000, page 123.