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1752 in poetry
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1752 poetry literature
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for the third time (he won the same prize in 1750 and 1751, and he will win it again in 1753 and 1755).
Works published
Great Britain
Moses Browne, The Works and Rest of the CreationCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6
John Byrom, Enthusiasm: A poetical essay
Richard Owen Cambridge, A Dialogue Between a Member of Parliament and His Servant
Thomas Cooke, Pythagoras: An ode, published anonymously
Samuel Davies, Miscellaneous Poems, Chiefly on Divine Subjects, previously published in the Virginia Gazette; 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
William Mason, Elfrida: A dramatic poem
Christopher Smart, Poems on Several Occasions (Some criticism of the work by Sir John Hill (1716-1775) later caused Smart to write The Hilliad, a satire on Hill in 1753)
James Sterling, An Epistle to the Hon. Arthur Dobbs, a verse epistle addressed to a projector who sought the Northwest Passage; the neoclassical-style poem asserts that Britain's future will depend on America; English Colonial America
Other
Christoph Martin Wieland, Germany:
SpringThomas, Calvin, A History of German Literature, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1909. books.google.com retrieved December 14, 2009
Moral Letters in Verse, 12 letters
Art of Love
Births
thumb|right|Thomas Chatterton's birthplace in Bristol
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 2 – Philip Freneau (died 1832), American "poet of the American Revolution"
May 14 – Timothy Dwight IV (died 1817), American academic and educator, eighth president of Yale College, Congregationalist minister, theologian, author and poet
July 10 – St. George Tucker (died 1827), American lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and MaryWeb page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
October 2 – Joseph Ritson (died 1803), English writer and antiquary
November 20 – Thomas Chatterton (suicide 1770), English poet and literary forger
November 23 – Ann Eliza Bleecker (died 1783), American poet and correspondent
Unknown date – Richard Llwyd (died 1835), Welsh poet and writer
Approximate date – Edmund Gardner (died 1798), English poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 1 – Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (born 1689), Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
October 24 – Christian Falster (born 1690), Danish poet and philologist
Li E (born 1692), Chinese poet
See also
Poetry
18th century in poetry
Augustan literature
Augustan poetry
List of years in poetry
Paper War of 1752–1753
Poetry
Notes
Category:18th-century poetry
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