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| * ], ''The Times!'', Volume 1, a verse satire | * ], ''The Times!'', Volume 1, a verse satire | ||
| * ], ''War, an Heroic Poem, from the Taking of ''Minorca'' by the French to the Reduction of the ''Havannah, a 28-page poem supporting British generals; the poem would be republished three more times by ]; ] Colonial ]<ref name=dbcal>Burt, Daniel S., , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 9780618168217, retrieved via Google Books</ref> | * ], ''War, an Heroic Poem, from the Taking of ''Minorca'' by the French to the Reduction of the ''Havannah, a 28-page poem supporting British generals; the poem would be republished three more times by ]; ] Colonial ]<ref name=dbcal>Burt, Daniel S., , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 9780618168217, retrieved via Google Books</ref> | ||
| * ], ''An Evening Thought'', the first poem published by an African American in ] Colonial ]; printed as a broadside; the poem's meter was common in ] sermons and African American '']'' hymns<ref name=dbcal/> | * ], ''An Evening Thought'', the first poem published by an African American in ] Colonial ] (several years earlier, ] had published her poems, but in England); printed as a broadside; the poem's meter was common in ] sermons and African American '']'' hymns<ref name=dbcal/> | ||
| * ], ''The Actor'', a popular poem of its time | * ], ''The Actor'', a popular poem of its time | ||
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Overview of the events of 1760 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
Works published
- John Cleland, The Times!, Volume 1, a verse satire
- George Cockings, War, an Heroic Poem, from the Taking of Minorca by the French to the Reduction of the Havannah, a 28-page poem supporting British generals; the poem would be republished three more times by 1765; English Colonial America
- Jupiter Hammon, An Evening Thought, the first poem published by an African American in English Colonial America (several years earlier, Phillis Wheatley had published her poems, but in England); printed as a broadside; the poem's meter was common in Great Awakening sermons and African American a cappella hymns
- Robert Lloyd, The Actor, a popular poem of its time
- James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland
- Anna Steele, published under the name "Theodosia", Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, two volumes; she donated her earnings from the book to charity, Colonial America
- The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-book, with "Little Boy Blue"
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- March 10 – Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died 1828)
- May 10 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (died 1826)
- Richard Polwhele
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French poet, composer (died 1836)
- Christina Charlotta Cederström
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- date unknown — Isaac Hawkins Browne (born 1705), English poet
See also
Notes
- ^ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 9780618168217, retrieved via Google Books
- Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 ISBN 9780195090536, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
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