1683 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

Great Britain

• Philip Ayres, Emblems of Love, later reissued under the title Cupids Addresse to the Ladies^[1]
• John Chalkhill, Thealma and Clearchus: A pastoral history, posthumously published; edited by Izaak Walton^[1]
• Thomas D'Urfey, A New Collection of Songs and Poems^[1]
• Thomas Flatman, On the Death of the Illustrious Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert died November 29 of this year^[1]
• Robert Gould, Presbytery Rough-Drawn, published anonymously^[1]
• John Mason, Spiritual Songs; or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God upon Several Occasions, published anonymously^[1]
• John Oldham, Poems, and Translations^[1]
• Thomas Shipman, Carolina; or, Loyal Poems^[1]

Other

• Benjamin Keach, Sion in Distress, or The Groans of the Protestant Church, English Colonial America^[2]
• Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Geistliche Lieder [...], German hymns; published in Rudolstadt

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• March 1  - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (died 1706), Indian-born Monpa Buddhist religious leader and Tibetan poet
• May 20  - Elijah Fenton (died 1730), English poet^[3]
• July 3  - Edward Young (died 1765), English poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• December 9  - John Oldham (born 1653), English satirical poet and translator
• Katherine Austen (born 1629), English diarist and poet

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Restoration literature

Notes and References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
2. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
3. Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328