1760 in poetry

none 1760 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events June–October – James Macpherson makes his first tour of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to seek out traditional Gaelic poetry.Magnus Magnusson Magnus Magnusson Fakers, Forgers & Phoneys Edinburgh Mainstream 2007 2006 978-1-84596-210-4 333-4 October 25 – With the death of King George II of Great Britain, the era of Augustan poetry and Augustan literature, which started in 1702, is considered to have ended. Works published James Beattie, Original Poems and TranslationsCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm John Cleland, The Times!, Volume 1, a verse satire George Cockings, War, an Heroic Poem, from the Taking of Minorca by the French to the Reduction of the Havannah, a 28-page poem supporting British generals; the poem would be republished three more times by 1765; English Colonial AmericaBurt, Daniel S., 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 George Colman, the elder, and Robert Lloyd, Two Odes, Part 1: "To Obscurity", Part 2: "To Oblivion", parodying Thomas Gray John Delap, Elegies Jupiter Hammon, An Evening Thought, the first poem published by an African American in English Colonial America; printed as a broadside; the poem's meter was common in Great Awakening sermons and African American a cappella hymns Robert Lloyd: The Actor, published anonymously, a popular poem of its time The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of ScotlandWilliams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 320 James Scott, Heaven: A vision, Seatonian Prize winner John Scott, Four Elegies: Descriptive and Moral, published anonymously Anne Steele, published under the name "Theodosia", Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, two volumes; she donated her earnings from the book to charity, Colonial AmericaDavis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009 The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-book, with "Little Boy Blue" Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 6 – Richard Polwhele, English clergyman, poet and topographer (died 1838) March 2 – Christina Charlotta Cederström, Swedish hostess of a salon, poet and painter March 10 – Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died 1828) May 10 Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (died 1826) Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French poet, composer (died 1836) October 26 – Maria Petronella Woesthoven, Dutch poet (died 1830) Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 14 – Isaac Hawkins Browne (born 1705), English poet May 9 – Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (born 1700), German Date unknown – Bharatchandra Ray (born 1712), Bengali and Sanskrit poet and song composer See also Poetry Poetry List of years in poetry Notes Category:18th-century poetry Poetry