1744 in literature

none November 2013 1744 literature poetry July 2020 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1744. Events February 6 – Samuel Foote makes his debut as an actor as Othello at the Haymarket Theatre, London, England.Elizabeth N. Chatten Samuel Foote https://books.google.com/books?id=aacnAAAAMAAJ 1980 Twayne Publishers 978-0-8057-6779-7 11 February 15 – Spranger Barry makes his debut as an actor at the Theatre Royal, Dublin.Philip H. Highfill Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 https://books.google.com/books?id=NfcTUoBuM9IC&pg=PA340 1991 SIU Press 978-0-8093-1525-3 340 April – The Female Spectator (a monthly) is founded by Eliza Haywood in England, the first periodical written for women by a woman.Lynn Marie Wright Donald J. Newman Fair Philosopher: Eliza Haywood and The Female Spectator https://books.google.com/books?id=bQ_WdQp1euEC&pg=PA133 2006 Bucknell University Press 978-0-8387-5636-2 133 April 14 – The Physico-Historical Society is formed in Dublin for the preservation of 'manuscripts, rare printed books, and natural curiosities relating to Ireland'.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal May 29 – Alexander Pope is received into the Catholic Church, a day before his death. New books Fiction Mary Collyer – Felicia to Charlotte Sarah Fielding – The Adventures of David Simple Eliza Haywood – The Fortunate Foundlings Edward Moore – Fables for the Female Sex Joseph Warton – The Enthusiast Children John Newbery – A Little Pretty Pocket-Book Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (earliest extant English nursery-rhyme collection) Drama Robert Dodsley – A Select Collection of Old Plays William Havard – Regulus James Miller (died April 27) Joseph and his Brethren (music by Handel) Mahomet the Imposter (adapted from Voltaire's Mahomet; completed by John Hoadly) James Ralph – The Astrologer (adapted from Thomas Tomkis's Albumazar, itself adapted from Giambattista della Porta's L'astrologo) Antonio de Zamora – No hay deuda que no se pague y convidado de piedra Poetry 1744 in poetry Mark Akenside The Pleasures of the Imagination An Epistle to Curio Jane Brereton – Poems Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo (ed. Diego de Torres Villarroel) – Obras póstumas poéticas, con la Burromaquia Non-fiction John Armstrong – The Art of Preserving Health George Berkeley – Siris Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix – Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France (History and General Description of New France) Émilie de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet -Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu Colley Cibber – Another Occasional Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope David Garrick – An Essay on Acting (attrib.) Samuel Johnson Life of Mr Richard Savage An Account of the Life of John Philip Barretier Francis Moore – A Voyage to Georgia William Oldys (editor) – The Harleian Miscellany (introduction by Samuel Johnson) Alexander Pope – Essay on Man, volume 4: "Epistle: Of the Nature and State of Man, with Respect to" (4) "Happiness" (the first 2 epistles were written in 1732 and the third in 1733). John Ranby – The Method of Treating Gunshot Wounds Emanuel Swedenborg – The Animal Kingdom (Soul's Domain) (1744–45) Jonathan Swift – Three Sermons Births January 29 – Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck, Swedish writer (died 1813) February 10 – William Mitford, English historian (died 1827) April 11 (baptised) – Elizabeth Bonhôte, English novelist, essayist and poet (died 1818) August 25 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet (died 1803) December – Elsa Fougt, Swedish editor and publisher (died 1826) Deaths January 28 – Thomas Innes, Scottish historian (born 1662) January 23 – Thomas Griffith, Irish actor and theatre manager (born 1680) March 31 – Antiochus Kantemir, Russian diplomat and writer (born 1708)Catherine Laura Johnstone F. R. GRAHAME (pseud. [i.e. Catherine Laura Johnstone.]) The progress of science, art, and literature in Russia, by F.R. Grahame https://books.google.com/books?id=r6MBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA28 1865 James Blackwood & Company 28 April 27 – James Miller, English playwright, poet and satirist (born 1704) May 30 – Alexander Pope, English poet and satirist (born 1688)Paul Baines Alexander Pope https://books.google.com/books?id=9VCFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 4 January 2002 Routledge 978-1-134-63263-3 45 September 18 – Lewis Theobald, English literary historian (born 1688) References