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| * With the death of King George II, the era of ] and ], which started in ], is |
* October 25 – With the death of King ], the era of ] and ], which started in ], is considered to have ended. | ||
| ==Works published== | ==Works published== | ||
| * ], ''Original Poems and Translations''<ref name=cocel>Cox, Michael |
* ], ''Original Poems and Translations''<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6}}</ref> | ||
| * ], ''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 978-0-618-16821-7, 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 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books</ref> | ||
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| * March 2 – ], ] hostess of a salon, poet and painter | * March 2 – ], ] hostess of a salon, poet and painter | ||
| * March 10 – ], ] dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died ]) | * March 10 – ], ] dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died ]) | ||
| * May 10 |
* May 10 | ||
| ** ], ] (died ]) | ** ], ] (died ]) | ||
| ** ], ] poet, composer (died ]) | ** ], ] poet, composer (died ]) | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article: | Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article: | ||
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* February 14 – ] (born ]), ] poet | ||
| * May 9 – ] (born ]), ] | * May 9 – ] (born ]), ] | ||
| ⚫ | * Date unknown – ] (born ]), ] and ] poet and song composer | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 5 July 2013
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
- October 25 – With the death of King George II of Great Britain, the era of Augustan poetry and Augustan literature, which started in 1702, is considered to have ended.
Works published
- James Beattie, Original Poems and Translations
- 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
- George Colman, the elder, and Robert Lloyd, Two Odes, Part 1: "To Obscurity", Part 2: "To Oblivion", parodizing Thomas Gray
- John Delap, Elegies
- Jupiter Hammon, An Evening Thought, the first poem published by an African American in English Colonial America; printed as a broadside; the poem's meter was common in Great Awakening sermons and African American a cappella hymns
- Robert Lloyd:
- The Actor, published anonymously, a popular poem of its time
- The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus
- James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland
- James Scott, Heaven: A vision, Seatonian Prize winner
- John Scott, Four Elegies: Descriptive and Moral, published anonymously
- 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:
- January 6 – Richard Polwhele, English clergyman, poet and topographer (died 1838)
- March 2 – Christina Charlotta Cederström, Swedish hostess of a salon, poet and painter
- March 10 – Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died 1828)
- May 10
- Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (died 1826)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French poet, composer (died 1836)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- February 14 – Isaac Hawkins Browne (born 1705), English poet
- May 9 – Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (born 1700), German
- Date unknown – Bharatchandra Ray (born 1712), Bengali and Sanskrit poet and song composer
See also
Notes
- ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, 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 978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
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