1784 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- About this year, the Sturm und Drang movement ended in German literature (including poetry) and music, which began in the late 1760s. The conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse".
Works published
- Anonymous, Rolliad
- Mary Alcock, The Air Balloon[1]
- Thomas Chatterton, A Supplement to the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton, poetry and prose (see also, Miscellanies 1778), published posthumously (died 1770)[1]
- Richard Jago, Poems, Moral and Descriptive[1]
- Anna Seward, Louisa: A poetical novel[1]
- Charlotte Turner Smith, Elegaic Sonnets, and Other Essays (see also Elegaic Sonnets 1797)[1]
- Helen Maria Williams:
- An Ode on the Peace
- Peru[1]
Other
Births
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Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- December 5 – Phillis Wheatley, American poet, died in poverty in 1784 while working on a second book of poetry, which has now been lost[2] (born 1753)
- Henry Alline (born 1748), American-born Canadian preacher and hymn-writer
- Le Quy Don, Vietnamese (born 1726), philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official
- Samuel Johnson (born 1709), English poet, author, critic
- Jean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan (born 1709), French poet
- Alexander Ross (poet)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Women's Political and Social Thought: An Anthology by Hilda L. Smith, Indiana University Press, 2000, page 123.
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