1715 in poetry

none 1715 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Nicholas Rowe made British Poet Laureate in succession to Nahum Tate. Mary Monck, dying in Bath, England, writes affecting verses to her husband, not published until 1755. Works published United Kingdom Susanna Centlivre, A Poem. Humbly Presented to His most Sacred Majesty George, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Upon His Ascension to the ThroneWard, Sir Adolphus William et al., editors, The Cambridge history of English literature, Volume 10, p 482, New York: G. P. Putnam's & Sons (this edition; also Cambridge, England: University Press) 1913, retrieved via Google Books on January 10, 2010 Charles Cotton, The Genuine Works of Charles Cotton, posthumously publishedCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Samuel Croxall, The Vision Daniel Defoe, published anonymously, attributed to Defoe, A Hymn to the Mob Alexander Pope: The Temple of Fame Translator, The Iliad of Homer, Volume I (Books 1–4), followed by Volume II (Biooks 5–8) in 1716, Volume III (Books 9–12) in 1717, Volume IV (Books 13–16) in 1718, Volume V (Books 14–21) and Volume VI (Books 22–24), both in 1720 Matthew Prior, Solomon, or The Vanity of the World, a didactic poemGrun Bernard The Timetables of History https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist00grun_0 registration 3rd 1991 328 Thomas Tickell, translation, The First Book of Homer's Iliad Isaac Watts, Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, including "How doth the little busy Bee"; 10 editions published by 1753 Other Antoine Houdart de La Motte, Réflexions sur la critique, attacking those who admire the ancients uncritically; criticism in FranceFrance Peter The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French 437 New York Oxford University Press 1995 0-19-866125-8 registration https://archive.org/details/newoxfordcompani00fran/page/437 Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 12 – William Whitehead (died 1785), English poet and playwright March 7 – Ewald Christian von Kleist (died 1759), German poet May 4 – Richard Graves (died 1804), English poet and novelist July 4 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (died 1769), German poet October 1 – Richard Jago (died 1781), English clergyman and poet November 5 – John Brown (died 1766), English clergyman, author and poet Undated Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin (died 1795), Irish poet Jakob Immanuel Pyra (died 1744), German poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: May 19 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (born 1661), English poet and statesman July 30 – Nahum Tate (born 1652), Irish-born Poet Laureate Undated – Mary Monck (born c. 1677), Anglo-Irish poet See also Poetry Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature 18th century in poetry 18th century in literature Augustan poetry Scriblerus Club Notes http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ A Timeline of English Poetry Representative Poetry Online University of Toronto Category:18th-century poetry Poetry