1797 in poetry
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Years in poetry: | 1794 1795 1796 1797 1799 1800 1801 |
Years in literature: | 1794 1795 1796 1797 1799 1800 1801 |
Decades in poetry: | 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s |
Centuries in poetry: | 17th century 18th century 19th century |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s |
Years: | 1794 1795 1796 1797 1799 1800 1801 |
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[edit] Events
- William Blake illustrates Edward Young's Night Thoughts
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge composes "Kubla Khan" in an opium-induced dream and writes down only a fragment of it on waking.
[edit] Works published
- Robert Southey, Poems
[edit] Births
- Thomas Haynes Bayley
- George Moses Horton (US), about this time
- William Motherwell (Scotland)
[edit] Deaths
- John Codrington Bampfylde
- George Keate
- William Mason