1776 in poetry

none 1776 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events March — American poet Phillis Wheatley, visits with General George Washington for half an hour in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after sending him the previous October a poem written in his honor. A former slave, she was a strong supporter of independence during the American Revolution. The poem was published March 26 in the Virginia GazetteGates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books. 978-0-465-01850-5, pp 36-37 Works published United Kingdom James Beattie, Poems on Several OccasionsCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Richard Graves, Euphrosyne; or, Amusements on the Road of Life David Herd, editor, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, anthology William Mickle, translator, The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India, translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camoens Hannah More, Sir Eldred of the Bower, and The Bleeding Rock Jonathan Richardson, Morning Thoughts; or, Poetical Meditations, Moral, Divine and Miscellaneous John Scott, Amwell Augustus Montague Toplady, Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Worship William Whitehead, Variety, published anonymously Other Johannes Ewald, a funeral ode on the occasion of the death of Frederik V; DenmarkGiovanni Bach, Richard Beck, Adolph B. Benson, Axel Johan Uppvall, and others, translated in part and edited by Frederika Blankner, The History of the Scandinavian Literatures: A Survey of the Literatures of the Norway, Sweden, Denamark, Iceland and Finland From Their Origins to the Present Day, p 178, Dial Press, 1938, New York Basilio da Gama, Os Campos Elíseos ("The Elysian Fields"), on the fine arts; Brazilhttp://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=812&sid=105 "Basílio da Gama/Bibliografia"] The Academia Brasilia Letros February 4, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20140508082151/http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=812&sid=105 8 May 2014 Vincenzo Monti, La visione di Ezechiello, Italy Jonathan Odell, "A Birthday Song", United StatesLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: April 17 – Jean-François Roger (died 1842), French poet and politician April 21 (bapt.) – Ann Griffiths (died 1805), Welsh hymn-writer July 18 – John Struthers (died 1853), Scottish poet September 21 – John Fitchett (died 1838), English epic poet November 16 – Mary Matilda Betham (died 1852), English diarist, scholar and poet year not certain – Charles Newtonhttp://www.rc.umd.edu/bibliographies/anthologies/lons-18.htm "The Book of Eighteenth Century Verse" "Romantic Circles" website of the University of Maryland December 4, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120823031944/http://www.rc.umd.edu/bibliographies/anthologies/lons-18.htm 23 August 2012 Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 26 – Evan Lloyd (born 1734), Welsh satirical poet and clergyman June 13 – Elizabeth Scott (born 1708), British-born, Colonial American poet and hymnwriter August 28? (bur.) – John Edwards (Sion y Potlau) (born 1699?), Welsh poet date not known – George Smith (born 1713), British Jeanne-Catherine Van Goethem (born 1720), Flemish poet See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature 18th century in poetry 18th century in literature French literature of the 18th century Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s List of years in poetry Poetry Notes Category:18th-century poetry Poetry