1754 in literature

none January 2014 1754 literature poetry July 2020 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1754. Events January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity (from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip). March 2 – Riot at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Thomas Sheridan, the manager, resigns, and leaves Ireland on September 15 for LondonMoody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal where his wife Frances Sheridan meets Samuel Richardson. Élie Catherine Fréron's journal Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps is replaced by his Année littéraire. New books Fiction Jane Collier and Sarah Fielding – The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable Mary Davys – The Reformed Coquet; or Memoirs of Amoranda Henry Fielding – The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (enlarged and expanded from the Miscellanies of 1743) Solomon Gessner – Daphnis Sarah Scott: Agreeable Ugliness A Journey Through Every Stage of Life John Shebbeare – The Marriage Act Poetry 1754 in poetry Thomas Cooke – An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture John Duncombe – The Feminiad Henry Jones – The Relief William Whitehead – Poems Non-fiction Anonymous – Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa and Pamela Thomas Birch – Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Charles Bonnet – Essai de psychologie John Gilbert Cooper – Letters Concerning Taste John Douglas – Letter on the Criterion of Miracles John Gillies – Historical Collections Relating to Remarkable Period of the Success of the Gospel Zachary Grey – Critical, Historical, and Explanatory Notes on Shakespeare Benjamin Hoadly – Sixteen Sermons David Hume – The History of England (volume 1) William Law – The Second Part of the Spirit of Love Isaac Newton (died 1727) – An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (written 1690) Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Discourse on Inequality Henry St. John – Philosophical Works Jonathan Swift Brotherly Love The Works of Jonathan Swift (the Hawkesworth edition) William Warburton – A View of Lord Bolingbroke's Philosophy Thomas Warton – Observations on the Faerie Queene of Spenser Drama Samuel Crisp – Virginia David Garrick – Catharine and Petruchio (adapted from The Taming of the Shrew) John Gay – The Rehearsal at Goatham Macnamara Morgan: Philoclea (from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia) The Sheep-Shearing, or Florizel and Perdita (a farce adapted from The Winter's Tale) Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon – Le Triumvirat William Whitehead – Creusa, Queen of Athens Births March 24 – Joel Barlow, American poet and diplomat (died 1812) May 23 – William Drennan, Irish physician, poet, radical and educationalist (died 1820) July 11 – Thomas Bowdler, English editor (died 1825) August 2 – Lady Charlotte Murray, English writer and botanist (died 1808) October 13 – Frances Jacson, English novelist (died 1842) December 24 – George Crabbe, English poet (died 1832)George Crabbe Allan Cunningham George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales https://books.google.com/books?id=NC21sAbkWCEC&pg=PR5 1863 Crosby and Nichols 5 unknown date – John Caradja, Greek Prince of Wallachia, translator and theatrical promoter (died 1844) Deaths January 11 – Wu Jingzi, Chinese scholar and novelist (born 1701) January 28 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian philosopher, historian and playwright (born 1684)Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe (1700-1800) https://books.google.com/books?id=nkOxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA413 16 September 2019 BRILL 978-90-04-40283-6 413 April 2 – Thomas Carte, English historian (born 1686) April 9 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher (born 1679) October 8 – Henry Fielding English novelist (born 1707)Claude Julien Rawson Maynard Mack Professor of English Claude Rawson Henry Fielding (1707-1754): Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Magistrate : a Double Anniversary Tribute https://books.google.com/books?id=2PtZdLahRdYC&pg=PA11 2008 Associated University Presse 978-0-87413-931-0 11 November 12 – Robert Morris, English architect and writer on architecture (born 1703) References 30em