Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events [edit] Works published [edit] Colonial America [edit] United Kingdom - James Boswell, The Cub at Newmarket, published by James Dodsley[2]
- Elizabeth Carter, Poems on Several Occasions[2]
- Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Books I-III (followed by Book IV in 1763)[2]
- Mary Collier, Poems, on Several Occasions[2]
- John Cunningham, The Contemplatist[2]
- Thomas Denton, The House of Superstition, prefixed to William Gilpin's Lives of the Reformers, written in imitation of Edmund Spenser[2]
- William Falconer, The Shipwreck (revised in 1764 and 1769)
- Edward Jerningham, The Nunnery: An elegy in imitation of the Elegy in a Churchyard, an imitation of Thomas Gray[2]
- James Macpherson, Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem [...] Together with several other poems translated from the Galic language (see also Fragment of Ancient Poetry 1760, and Temora 1763)[2]
- John Ogilvie, Poems on Various Subjects[2]
- William Whitehead, A Charge to the Poets[2]
- Edward Young, Resignation, published anonymously; first privately printed 1761[2]
[edit] Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - September 11 – Joanna Baillie (died 1851), Scottish poet and dramatist
- James Bisset (died 1832), Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet
- William Lisle Bowles (died 1850), English poet and critic
- André de Chénier, French poet (died 1794)
- Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (died 1837), English bibliographer, writer, poet, and genealogist
- George Colman the Younger (died 1837), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer
- James Hurdis (died 1801), English clergyman and a poet
- Susanna Rowson (died 1824), English-American novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, religious writer, stage actress and educator[3]
- Thomas Russell
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: [edit] See also - ^ 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 g h i j k Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ 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 9780195090536, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
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