1739 in literature

none thumb | right | History of the Revolutions in Hungary, 1739 1739 literature poetry July 2020 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1739. Events January 16 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul is first performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 February 9 – The Scots Magazine first appears.https://books.google.com/books?id=fOLM-Brl72kC&pg=PA614 A. W. Ward The Cambridge History of English Literature 9 2009 614 February 17 – George Whitefield first preaches in the open air, to miners at Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England.Mathew Backholer Reformation to Revival, 500 Years of God’s Glory: Sixty Revivals, Awakenings and Heaven-Sent Visitations of the Holy Spirit https://books.google.com/books?id=YndJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90 29 January 2018 ByFaith Media 978-1-907066-61-0 90 March 16 – Henry Brooke's drama Gustavus Vasa becomes the first play banned under the Licensing Act 1737.Julia Swindells David Francis Taylor The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737–1832 https://books.google.com/books?id=tBRwAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 2014 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-960030-4 129 April – John Wesley first preaches in the open air, at Whitefield's invitation.Erwin Fahlbusch Geoffrey William Bromiley Jan Milic Lochman The Encyclopedia of Christianity https://books.google.com/books?id=lZUBZlth2qgC&pg=PA728 14 February 2008 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing 978-0-8028-2417-2 728 November – The Champion (periodical) is launched, with Henry Fielding (under the name Captain Hercules Vinegar) as editor.Simon Varey Henry Fielding https://books.google.com/books?id=1zc7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA26 31 July 1986 CUP Archive 978-0-521-26244-6 26 unknown date – The first Bible in the Estonian language, Piibli Ramat, translated by Anton thor Helle, is published.Bruce M. Metzger Michael David Coogan The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible https://books.google.com/books?id=aml3tEWoOVEC&pg=PA524 20 December 2001 Oxford University Press, USA 978-0-19-514917-3 524 New books Prose Penelope Aubin – A Collection of Entertaining Histories and NovelsPenelope Aubin A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels... https://books.google.com/books?id=qXBdzQEACAAJ 1739 D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, R. Hett, S. Austen, and J. Wood John Campbell – The Travels and Adventures of Edward Bevan, Esq., formerly a merchant in London Elizabeth Carter Examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man (translation of De Crousaz's Examen de l'essai de Monsieur Pope sur l'homme) Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Explain'd for the Use of Ladies (translation of Algarotti's Newtonianismo per le donne) Philip Doddridge – The Family Expositor Richard Glover – London David Hume (anonymously) – A Treatise of Human Nature (issued late 1738 but dated this year) William Law – The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration John Mottley (as Elijah Jenkins) – Joe Miller's Jests; or, the Wits Vade-Mecum Robert Nugent (attributed) – An Epistle to Sir Robert WalpoleEmrys Jones Friendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Politics of Private Virtue in the Age of Walpole https://books.google.com/books?id=7bdOc3IRsn0C&pg=PT126 13 June 2013 Springer 978-1-137-30050-8 126 John Oldmixon – The History of England during the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen ElizabethLaird Okie Augustan Historical Writing: Histories of England in the English Enlightenment https://books.google.com/books?id=lQFAKZ5RjD0C&pg=PA93 1991 University Press of America 978-0-8191-8050-6 93 Laetitia Pilkington – The Statues Samuel Richardson – Aesop's Fables Elizabeth Singer Rowe – Miscellaneous Works Thomas Sheridan – The Satires of Juvenal Translated Joseph Trapp – The Nature, Folly, Sin, and Danger, of Being Righteous Over-much (against George Whitefield) Voltaire De la Gloire, ou entretien avec un Chinois Conseils a M. Helvetius Isaac Watts – The World to Come George Whitefield – A Continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal Paul Whitehead – Manners Drama Daniel Bellamy – Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Henry Brooke – Gustavus Vasa Anthony Brown – The Fatal Retirement Henry Carey – Nancy (opera) Thomas Cooke – The Mournful Nuptials (not acted) David Mallet – Mustapha James Miller – An Hospital for Fools Edward Phillips – Britons, Strike Home William Shirley – The Parricide James Thomson – Edward and EleonoraJames Thomson Edward and Eleonora: A Tragedy. As it was to Have Been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden https://books.google.com/books?id=GBpaAAAAMAAJ 1739 author, and sold Poetry 1739 in poetry Moses Browne – Poems Mary Collier – The Woman's Labour: an epistle to Mr Stephen DuckDonna Landry Professor Donna Landry The Muses of Resistance: Laboring-Class Women's Poetry in Britain, 1739-1796 https://books.google.com/books?id=iBRnMoG67NwC&pg=PA56 1990 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-37412-5 56 Mikhail Lomonosov – Ode on the Taking of Khotin from the Turks Robert Nugent An Ode on Mr. Pulteney An Ode, to His Royal Highness on His Birthday Odes and Epistles Jonathan Swift – Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift John Wesley – Hymns and Sacred Poems Births January – Twm o'r Nant, Welsh playwright and poet (died 1810) August 31 – Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (died 1809) November 20 – Jean-François de la Harpe, French critic (died 1803) Unknown dates Hugh Kelly, Irish-born dramatist and poet (died 1777)Charles Anderton Read The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices by C.A. Read (T.P. O'Connor). https://books.google.com/books?id=_6ECAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA289 1879 289 Sophronius of Vratsa, Bulgarian writer and clergyman, early figure in the Bulgarian National Revival (died 1813) Deaths June 20 – Edmond Martène, French historian (born 1654)Catholic Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=6Vc_AQAAMAAJ 1910 Appleton 721 July 25 – Johann Christoph Wolf, German Hebrew scholar and bibliographer (born 1683)George Ripley Charles Anderson Dana The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge https://archive.org/details/newamericancyclo16ripl 1863 D. Appleton 512 September 4 – George Lillo, English dramatist and actor (born 1691)George Lillo Thomas Davies Mr. Lillo's Life. Silvia; or The Country Burial, an opera. George Barnwall, a tragedy. The Life of Scanderbeg. The Christian Hero, a tragedy https://books.google.com/books?id=8ARY4W8JLTYC&pg=PA32 1810 W. Lowndes 32 October 18 – António José da Silva, Brazilian dramatist (born 1705)António Teixeira Juliet Perkins António José da Silva A critical study and translation of António José da Silva's Cretan labyrinth: a puppet opera https://books.google.com/books?id=QcUYAQAAIAAJ 2004 E. Mellen Press 978-0-7734-6519-0 35 probable – Liu Zhi (劉智), Chinese Muslim scholar (born c. 1660) References 30em