1694 in poetry

none 1694 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Matsuo Bashō completes the writing of Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior"). Works Joseph Addison, An Account of the Greatest English PoetsMark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p. 246, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960") Edmund Arwaker, An Epistle to Monsieur Boileau, inviting his Muse to forsake the French interest and celebrate the King of England, verse addressed to Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, reflecting the high esteem the French poet had in England at a time when the French government was considered a dangerous enemyCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6Clark, Alexander Frederick Bruce, Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660-1830), p. 20, Franklin, Burt, 1971, 978-0-8337-4046-5, retrieved via Google Books on February 13, 2010 Sir Thomas Pope Blount, De Re Poetica; or, Remarks upon Poetry, with Characters and Censures of the most considerable poets, whether Ancient or Modern, Extracted out of the Best and Choicest Critics , an anthology of criticismClark, p. 16, retrieved via Google Books on February 13, 2010 Isabella Correa, translation of Il pastor fido into Spanish John Dryden and Jacob Tonson, editors, The Annual Miscellany: for the Year 1694, the fourth in a series published by Tonson from 1684–1709; sometimes referred to as "Dryden's third Miscellany or "Tonson's third Miscellany or just "the third Miscellany; includes Dryden's translation from the original Latin of the third book of Virgil's GeorgicMark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p. 100, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960") Charles Gildon, editor, Chorus Poetarum; or, Poems on Several Occasions, an anthology including work by Aphra Behn, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Denham, Sir George Etherege and Andrew Marvell Charles Hopkins, Epistolary Poems Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: June 20 – Hans Adolph Brorson (died 1764), Danish Pietist bishop and hymnodist September 22 – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (died 1773), English statesman and poet November 21 – Voltaire, born François-Marie Arouet (died 1778), French Enlightenment writer, poet, essayist and philosopher Approximate date – James Bramston (died 1743), English poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: November 28 – Matsuo Bashō (born 1644), Japanese Edo period poet 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