1736 in poetry
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Events
Works published
- John Armstrong, The Oeconomy of Love, published anonymously[1]
- Isaac Hawkins Browne the elder, A Pipe of Tobacco, anonymously published, imitating Colly Cibber, Ambrose Philips, James Thomson, Edward Young, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift[1]
- Mather Byles, To His Excellency Governor Belcher, on the Death of His lady. An Epistle. English Colonial America[2]
- William Dawson, Poems on Several Occasions, anonymously published; influenced by the style of Alexander Pope; English, Colonial America[3][4]
- Stephen Duck, Poems on Several Occasions[1]
- William Melmoth the Younger, Two Episodes of Horace Imitated[1]
- Alexander Pope
- Bounce to Fop: An heroick epistle from a dog at Twickenham to a dog at court
- The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumes 3: fables, translations and imitations; Volume 4 includes The Dunciad (see also Works 1717, 1735 and 1737)[1]
- Elizabeth Rowe, The History of Joseph[1]
- James Thomson, last two parts of Liberty (see also Antient and Modern Italy; Greece; Rome 1735):[1]
Other
- Johann Jakob Bodmer, Brief-Wechsel von der Natur des poetischen Geschmackes ("Exchange of letters on the nature of poetic taste"), German-language, published in Switzerland, criticism
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 1 – Charles Jenner (died 1774), English poet, novelist and Anglican cleric
- May 8 – Caterina Dolfin (died 1793), Venetian poet
- June 28 – Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (died 1809), German writer, military scientist, educator and poet
- July 1 – Annis Boudinot Stockton (died 1801), poet and sponsor of literary salons in Colonial New Jersey[5]
- October 27 – James Macpherson (died 1796), Scottish poet
- Hedvig Löfwenskiöld (died 1789), Swedish poet
- Johann Gottlieb Willamov (died 1777), German
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Kada no Azumamaro 荷田春満 (born 1669), Japanese early Edo period poet, philologist and teacher as well as poetry tutor to one of the sons of Emperor Reigen; together with Keichū, co-founder of the kokugaku ("national studies") intellectual movement (surname: Kada)
- Thomas Yalden (born 1670), English poet and translator
See also
- Poetry
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry
- 18th century in literature
- Augustan poetry
- Scriblerus Club
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ 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
- ^ * Amacher, Richard E. (June 21, 2006). "William Dawson". In Flora, Joseph M.; Vogel, Amber (eds.). Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary. Louisiana State University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0807131237. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ 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
- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto