1705 in poetry
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Events
Works published
- Daniel Defoe:
- The Double Welcome: A poem to the Duke of Marlbro[1]
- The Dyet of Poland, published anonymously; a verse history of "Poland" (in fact, Britain) during Queen Anne's first parliament[1]
- John Dennis, The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry*[2]
- Bernard Mandeville, The Grumbling Hive: or Knaves Turned Honest, anonymously published poem (and a piracy[1]) which became immediately popular. In 1714, Mandeville would republish the poem, together with an essay titled An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue and titled the whole The Fable of the Bees: or Private Vices, Public Benefits. In 1723, he added an attack on charity schools and an essay attacking Shaftesbury. The final version, with a further expansion, was published in 1733.
- John Philips:
- Blenheim, published anonymously[1]
- The Splendid Shilling: An imitation of Milton, published anonymously[1]
- Matthew Prior, An English Padlock, published anonymously[1]
- Edward Ward, Hudibras Redivivus; or, A Burlesque Poem on the Times, published anonymously, in two volumes of 12 parts each; first volume published August 1705 to July 1706; second volume published August 1706 to June 1707[1]
- Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae, published this year, although book states "1706"[1]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions; with Valentinian; a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published[3]
Births
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Deaths
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
- ^ Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived 2009-05-02.
- ^ Trent, William P. and Wells, Benjamin W., Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Beginnings of Americanism 1650-1710, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1903 edition, page 41
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