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1734 poetry literature
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Events
1734
Works published
United Kingdom
Anonymous, A Rap at the Rhapsody (a response to Jonathan Swift's On Poetry 1733)Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6
Jean Adam, Miscellany Poems
John Arbuthnot and others, Gnothi Seauton: Know Yourself, published anonymously
Mary Barber, Poems on Several Occasions
Isaac Hawkins Browne, the elder, On Design and Beauty, published anonymously
Robert Dodsley, An Epistle to Mr. Pope
Stephen Duck, Truth and Falsehood
William Dunkin:
The Lover's Web
The Poet's Prayer
Richard Lewis (poet), Upon Prince Madoc's Expedition to the Country now called America, in the 12th Century, a fictional, poetic tale of a Welshman; English Colonial AmericaBurt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Dean's Provocation for Writing the Lady's Dressing-Room, published anonymously (see Jonathan Swift's The Lady's Dressing-Room 1732)
Alexander Pope:
An Epistle to Lord Cobham, published this year, although the book states "1733"
An Essay on Man, fourth and final epistle (Epistles 1–3 published 1733; all four epistles also published together this year), published anonymously
The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace including the Second Satire of the Second Book of Horace, which was published separately this year (preceded by First Satire of Horace 1733)
Sober Advice From Horace, published anonymously, parallel texts in English and Latin
James Thomson, Liberty, dedicated to the Prince of Wales
Jonathan Swift, A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed, published anonymously
Robert Tatersal, The Bricklayer's Miscellany; or, Poems on Several Subjects
Joseph Trapp, Thoughts Upon the Four Last Things, published anonymously, in four parts (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell), starting this year and ending in 1735
Other
Jean-Baptiste Gresset, Vert-Vert, (some sources give the year of publication as 1733) France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
April 10 – Eleonore von Grothaus (died 1794), German poet
July 15 – Evan Lloyd (died 1776), Welsh satirical poet
July 25 – Ueda Akinari, 上田 秋成, also known as "Ueda Shūsei" (died 1809), Japanese author, scholar and waka poet (surname: Udea)
September 29 – William Julius Mickle (died 1788), Scottish poet
December 15 – John Maclaurin (died 1796), Scottish judge and poet
December 21 – Francisco Manoel de Nascimento (died 1819), Portuguese poet
Also – Hedvig Sirenia (died 1795), Swedish woman poet and translator (died 1795)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 28 (or 1733) – John Morgan (born 1688), Welsh-born clergyman, scholar and poet
Edward Littleton, English clergyman and 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
"A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
Category:18th-century poetry
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