1788 in poetry
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Events
Works published in English
This year three works of poetry, all written by women (the Falconars, More and Yearsley), condemned slavery:
- Henry Cary, Sonnets and Odes,[1] the author turned 16 years old this year
- William Collins, Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland[1]
- William Crowe, Lewesdon Hill, published anonymously[1]
- Maria Falconar and Harriet Falconar:
- James Hurdis, The Village Curate[1]
- Robert Merry, writing under the pen name "Della Crusca", Diversity[1]
- Hannah More, Slavery: A Poem
- "Peter Pindar", see John Wolcot, below
- William Whitehead, Poems by William Whitehead, published posthumously, edited by William Mason (see also Plays and Poems 1774)[1]
- John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Tales and Fables[1]
- Ann Yearsley, A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade[1]
- Timothy Dwight, published anonymously, "The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem",[2] satire in heroic couplets; supports Calvinism and attacks Voltaire, David Hume, Joseph Priestly and their followers[3]
- Philip Freneau, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. Philip Freneau, Containing His Essays and Additional Poems[3]
- Francis Hopkinson:
- An Ode, in honor of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution[2]
- Seven Songs, for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano[2]
- Peter Markoe:
- "The Times", satire on prominent Philadelphia society people[3]
- "The Storm", attributed to Markoe[3]
- William Roscoe, The Wrongs of Africa: A Poem[2]
- Susanna Rowson:
- Poems on Various Subjects[4]
- A Trip to Parnassus[3]
Works published in other languages
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 22 – George Gordon, Lord Byron (died 1824), English poet and leading figure in Romanticism
- March 10 – Joseph von Eichendorff (died 1857), German poet and novelist
- May 16 – Friedrich Rückert (died 1866), German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages
- October 24 – Sarah Josepha Hale (died 1879), American writer, influential editor, author of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- date not known – R. H. Barham (died 1845), English poet and humorist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- June 12 – Johann Andreas Cramer (born 1723), German poet, writer and theologian
- Mather Byles, (born 1707), English Colonial American clergyman and poet[3]
- William Julius Mickle (born 1735), Scottish poet
- Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, (born 1702), Irish poet and politician
- Thomas Russell (poet) (born 1762), English poet whose Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems were posthumously published in 1789
- Charles Wesley (born 1707), Methodist clergyman and hymn writer
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ a b c d Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ a b c d e f 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
- ^ Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
- ^ Web page titled "Basílio da Gama/Bibliografia" at the Academia Brasilia Letros website, retrieved February 4, 2009
- ^ Story, Noah, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature, "Poetry in French" article, pp 651-654, Oxford University Press, 1967
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