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1693 in poetry
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1693 poetry literature
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
John Locke writes his essay Some Thoughts Concerning Education which discusses how poetry and music should not be included as part of an educational curriculum
Works
Britain
Richard Ames, Fatal Friendship; or, The Drunkards MiseryCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6
John Dryden and Jacob Tonson, editors, Examen Poeticum: Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems, one of six anthologies published by Tonson from 1684 to 1709; sometimes this is referred to as "Tonson's third Miscellany, sometimes as "Dryden's third Miscellany, or just "the third Miscellany; the volume includes:
Dryden's translation of the first book of Ovid's MetamorphosesMark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p. 96, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")
Dryden, "Iphis and Ianthe", a "fable" translated from Book 9 of Metamorphoses
Dryden, "Acis, Polyphemus and Galatea", translation from Book 13 of Metamorphoses
Dryden, "The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache", translation from Homer's Iliad
John Dryden, editor, The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, an anthology including translations by Dryden, Nahum Tate, William Congreve and others
Robert Gould, The Corruption of the Times by Money
Benjamin Keach, The Everlasting Covenant
Samuel Wesley, The Life of Our Blessed Lord
Other languages
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Discours sur l'Ode, criticism; the author defended Pindar and advocated enthusiasm in lyric poetryMark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p. 193, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Hildebrand Jacob, English poet (died 1739)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 8 – Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (born 1621), Polish poet and member of the noble Szlachta class
September 9 – Ihara Saikaku (born 1642), Japanese poet and creator of the ukiyo-zōshi ("books of the floating world") genre of prose fiction
December 13 – Dosoftei (born 1624), Moldavian Metropolitan, scholar, poet and translator
See also
Poetry
List of years in poetry
List of years in literature
17th century in poetry
17th century in literature
Poetry
Notes
Category:17th-century poetry
Poetry