1701 in literature

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The year 1701 in literature involved some significant events.

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The beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession, which would continue and have frequent discussion in literature, until 1713.
George Granville's The Jew of Venice, an adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, debuts at Lincoln's Inn Fields with Thomas Betterton as Bassanio. The adaptation is so popular that it displaces the original from the stage for the next four decades.
Matthew Prior, English poet, enters Parliament.

Daniel Defoe, The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England^[1]
John Dennis, The Advancement and Reformation of Modern Poetry^[1]
Richard Steele, The Christian Hero^[1]
Jonathan Swift, A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions Between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome^[1]
William Temple, Miscellanea: the Third Part, posthumously published
John Toland, The Art of Governing by Partys^[1]
Benjamin Whichcote, Several Discourses, posthumously published in four volumes, from this year to 1707

Texts first published this year:

Thomas Baker, The Humour of the Age
Colley Cibber, Love Makes a Man; or, The Fop's Fortune: A comedy, performed 13 December 1700; a combination of two plays by Beaumont and Fletcher: The Custom of the Country and The Elder Brother^[1]
William Congreve, The Judgment of Paris: A masque, performed in March^[1]
Thomas D'Urfey, The Bath; or, The Western Lass: A comedy^[1]
George Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, performed c. April; sequel to The Constant Couple 1699^[1]
Charles Gildon, Love's Victim; or, the Queen of Wales; A tragedy, published anonymously; performed this year^[1]
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, The Jew of Venice: A comedy, published anonymously; performed c. May
Peter Anthony Motteux, The Masque of Acis and Galatea, performed c. March^[1]
Mary Pix, The Double Distress: A tragedy, performed c. March^[1]
Nicholas Rowe, The Ambitious Step-Mother, performed, possibly, in December^[1]
Sir Edward Sherburne, translator and editor, The Tragedies of L. Annaeus Seneca^[1]
Richard Steele, The Funeral; or, Grief a-la-mode: A comedy, published this year, although the work states "1702", performed sometime between October 9 and December 11^[1]
Catherine Trotter, later Cockburn:
- Love at a Loss; or, Most Votes Carry It: A comedy, performed November 23, 1700^[1]
- The Unhappy Penitent: A tragedy, performed February 4^[1]

Lady Mary Chudleigh, The Ladies Defiance: Or, the Bride-woman's Counsellor Answer'd^[1]
Jeremy Collier, translator, The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary, translated from Louis Moreri, Le grand dictionnaire historique (a continuation "by another hand", published 1705)^[1]
Daniel Defoe, The True-Born Englishman (satire of John Tutchin)^[1]
John Norris, An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World
John Philips, The Sylvan Dream^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6