1729 in poetry
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Events
- Alexander Pope begins writing An Essay on Man. The first three epistles will be finished by 1731 and published in early 1733, with the fourth and final epistle published in 1734. Originally published anonymously, Pope acknowledged his authorship in 1735.
Works published
- James Bramston, The Art of Politicks, published anonymously[1]
- Moses Browne, Piscatory Eclogues[1]
- Henry Carey, Poems on Several Occasions, third edition, extensively enlarged (first edition 1713)[1]
- Thomas Cooke, Tales, Epistles, Odes, Fables, &c., published anonymously[1]
- Soame Jenyns, The Art of Dancing, published anonymously[1]
- Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Variorum[1]
- William Pulteney, The Honest Jury; or, Caleb Triumphant, published anonymously[1]
- James Ralph, Clarinda; or, The Fair Libertine, published anonymously[1]
- Richard Savage, The Wanderer[1]
- Jonathan Swift:
- The Journal of a Dublin Lady, published anonymously[1]
- An Epistle Upon an Epistle From a Certain Doctor to a Certain Great Lord, published anonymously, published this year, although work states "1730", a satire on Patrick Delany, Epistle to His Excellency John Lord Carteret, published this year (although this work also states "1730"); (see also A Libel on D------ D---------- 1730)[1]
- James Thomson, Britannia, published anonymously[1]
- William Wycherley, The Posthumous Works of William Wycherley, Volume 2 (Volume 1 published 1728)[1]
Other
- Albrecht von Haller, Die Alpen, Swiss pastoral poem[2]
- Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, editor and co-author, Guirlande de Julie, a manuscript of 41 madrigals first presented to Julie d'Angennes in 1641, first published in full this year, although several of the poems had previously appeared in print; five of the madrigals were written by Sainte-Maure; the other authors were Georges de Scudéry, Germain Habert, Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Valentin Conrart, Chapelain, Racan, Tallemant des Réaux, Antoine Godeau, Robert Arnauld d'Andilly and Simon Arnauld de Pomponne; France
Births
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Deaths
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328
- ^ a b 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
- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
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