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1705 in poetry
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1705 poetry literature
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Events
George Hickes' Linguarum veterum septentrionalium thesaurus grammatico-criticus et archæologicus vol. 2 (published in Oxford) includes the first published reference to Beowulf and the only surviving transcript of the Finnesburg Fragment.
William Somervile inherits his father's estate, where his participation in field sports will furnish the material for much of his poetry.
William Walsh begins his correspondence with Alexander Pope.
Works published
Daniel Defoe:
The Double Welcome: A poem to the Duke of MarlbroCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6
The Dyet of Poland, published anonymously; a verse history of "Poland" (in fact, Britain during Queen Anne's 1st parliament)
John Dennis, The Grounds of Criticism in Poetryhttp://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ A Timeline of English Poetry Representative Poetry Online University of Toronto
Bernard Mandeville, The Grumbling Hive: or Knaves Turned Honest, anonymously published poem, also in a pirated edition, which becomes immediately popular. In 1714, Mandeville republishes the poem, together with an essay titled An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue and titles the whole The Fable of the Bees: or Private Vices, Public Benefits. In 1723, he adds an attack on charity schools and an essay attacking Shaftesbury. The final version, with a further expansion, is published in 1733
John Philips:
Blenheim, published anonymously
The Splendid Shilling: An imitation of Milton, published anonymously
Matthew Prior, An English Padlock, published anonymously
Complete Tang Poems, Chinese anthology
Ned Ward, Hudibras Redivivus; or, A Burlesque Poem on the Times, published anonymously, in two volumes of 12 parts each; first volume published August 1705 to July 1706; second volume published August 1706 to June 1707
Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae, published this year, although book states "1706"
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (died 1680), Poems on Several Occasions; with Valentinian; a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob TonsonWeb page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100808165513/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81497 August 8, 2010 2009-05-02.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 21 – Isaac Hawkins Browne (died 1760), English poet
March 20 – Johann Sigismund Scholze (died 1750), German poet
May – Ambrosius Stub (died 1758), Danish poet
year uncertain
Stephen Duck (died 1756), English poet
Kunchan Nambiar (died 1770), Malayalam language poet, performer and satirist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 10 – Étienne Pavillon (born 1632), French lawyer and poet
June 10 – Michael Wigglesworth (born 1631), English clergyman and poet in America, "the most popular of early New England poets"Trent, William P. and Wells, Benjamin W., Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Beginnings of Americanism 1650-1710, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1903 edition, page 41
See also
Poetry
Poetry
List of years in poetry
List of years in literature
18th century in poetry
18th century in literature
Notes
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