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1700 poetry literature
This article covers 1700 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
Sir Richard Blackmore — A Satyr Against Wit, published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John DrydenCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm
Samuel Cobb — Poetae Britannici his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime"
thumb|right|150px|John Dryden died this year
Daniel Defoe — The Pacificator, published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"
John Dryden — Fables, Ancient and Modern, the poet's final anthology
William King — The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies, published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane, editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
John Pomfret — Reason
Nahum Tate — Panacea, a poem upon tea
John Tutchin — The Foreigners, published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701
Edward Ward — The Reformer, published anonymously
Samuel Wesley — An Epistle to a Friend concerning Poetry
Thomas Yalden — The Temple of Fame
Anonymous — Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija, Gozo
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 2 – Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766), German poet
January 14 – Christian Friedrich Henrici (died 1764), German poet
May 26 – Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (died 1760), German poet
September 11 – James Thomson (died 1748), Scottish poet
September 30 – Stanisław Konarski, born Hieronim Konarski (died 1773), Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist friar and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment
October 13 – Phanuel Bacon (died 1783) English playwright, poet and author
Also – David French (died 1742), English Colonial American poetBurt Daniel S. https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ0fgo5v6e0C The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2004 978-0-618-16821-7 Retrieved via Google Books.
Year uncertain – Richard Lewis (died 1734), English Colonial American poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 14 – Henry Killigrew (born 1613), English clergyman, poet and playwright
May 12 – John Dryden (born 1631), English poet, former Poet Laureate
July 19 – Thomas Creech (born 1659), English translator of classical poetry, found dead this day from suicide
November 16 – Jamie Macpherson (born 1675), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament, hanged
Also:
Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (born 1643), Guatemalan historian and poet
Bahinabai (born 1628), Maharashtran Varkari female poet-saint
Edward Howard died about this year (born 1624), English playwright and poet, brother of Sir Robert Howard
See also
poetry
Poetry
List of years in poetry
17th century in poetry
17th century in literature
18th century in poetry
18th century in literature
Notes
Category:17th-century poetry
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