1708 in literature
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The year 1708 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- The Battle of Oudenarde
- Joseph Trapp becomes Oxford Professor of Poetry.
- Edward Lhuyd becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
[edit] New books
- Joseph Addison - The Present State of the War (pro-Marlborough tract)
- Edmund Arwaker - Truth in Fiction (fables)
- Francis Atterbury - Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions
- Joseph Bingham - Origines Ecclesiasticae, or Antiquities of the Christian Church, vol. 1
- Richard Blackmore - The Kit-Cats
- Jeremy Collier - An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England (vol. 1)
- Ebenezer Cook - The Sot-Weed Factor
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury - A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm (contra radical Protestantism)
- Edmund Curll - The Charitable Surgeon
- John Downes - Roscius Anglicanus (a historical review of the stage)
- Elijah Fenton - Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems
- Bishop Fisher's Funeral Sermon for Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (with a preface by Thomas Baker)
- John Gay - Wine
- Charles Gildon - Libertas Triumphans (re Battle of Oudenarde)
- - The New Metamorphosis (fiction)
- John Harris - Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1 (2nd edition)
- Aaron Hill - The Celebrated Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, for the Armour of Achilles (from Ovid)
- Benjamin Hoadly - The Unhappiness of the Present Establishment, and the Unhappiness of Absolute Monarchy
- William King - The Art of Cookery (poem)
- Anne de La Roche-Guilhem - La Foire de Beaucaire
- John Locke - Some Familiar Letters (posth.)
- Simon Ockley - The Conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt by the Saracens (vol. 1 of History of the Saracens)
- Matthew Prior - Poems on Several Occasions (see 1707 for the vexatious publication)
- Jonathan Swift - Predictions for the Year 1708
- - The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions (together, part of the "Bickerstaff Papers")
- - An Argument against Abolishing Christianity
[edit] New drama
- Thomas Baker - The Fine Lady's Airs
- Peter Anthony Motteux - Love's Triumph (opera)
- Nicholas Rowe - The Royal Convert
[edit] Births
- April 23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (died 1754)
- date unknown
- Olof von Dalin, poet
- Richard Dawes, English classical scholar (died 1766)
- Thomas Seward, English poet
- Samuel Boyse
- Laetitia Pilkington (poss.)
[edit] Deaths
- October 11 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, philosopher (born 1651)
- October 22 - Hermann Witsius, theologian (born 1636)
- date unknown
- Johannes Kelpius, polymath (born 1673)
- Nicolae Milescu, travel writer (born 1636)
- William Walsh, poet and critic (born 1663)
