1710 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1710.
Events
- February – A year after the death of the poet, Edmund Smith prints a "Poem to the Memory of Mr. John Philips". Other memorials this year include "A Poem to the Memory of the Incomparable Mr. Philips" by Leonard Welsted. A monument to him is erected by Lord Harcourt in Westminster Abbey, between those to Geoffrey Chaucer and Michael Drayton, with the motto "Honos erit huic quoque pomo" (Honor this fruit) from the title page of Philips' work Cyder.
- February 8 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte is elected to the Académie française, taking the seat vacated by Thomas Corneille.[1]
- April 10 – The Statute of Anne, the first modern copyright act, comes into force in the Kingdom of Great Britain.[2]
- April 28 – After Thomas Betterton's death this day, the great Shakespearean roles he dominated for a generation are divided among fellow actors Barton Booth, Robert Wilks and John Mills (who gets Macbeth).
- September 2 – Jonathan Swift, in London, begins his series of letters to Esther Johnson, which will be collected after his death as A Journal to Stella.
- November 6 – Colley Cibber becomes joint manager of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.[3]
New books
Prose
- Joseph Addison – The Whig Examiner (periodical)
- John Bellers – Some Reasons for an European State proposed to the Powers of Europe
- George Berkeley – A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
- Laurent Bordelon – A history of the ridiculous extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle
- Lady Mary Chudleigh – Essays Upon Several Occasions[4]
- Colley Cibber – The Secret History of Arlus and Odolphus (roman à clef)
- Anthony Collins – A Vindication of the Divine Attributes
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury – Soliloquy
- Daniel Defoe – An Essay Upon Public Credit (on the balance of trade)
- George Hickes – A Second Collection of Controversial Letters relating to the Church of England and the Church of Rome, as they passed between an honourable lady and Dr. George Hickes
- Gottfried Leibniz – Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal ("Essays of theodicy on the goodness of God, the freedom of man and the origin of evil")
- John Leland (d.1552) – The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary
- Delarivier Manley (as Eginardus) – Memoirs of Europe, towards the close of the eighth century (satire)
- Cotton Mather – Bonifacius: Essays To Do Good
- François Pétis de la Croix – Les Mille et un jours (translation and adaptation of Hazár ú Yek Rúz (The Thousand and One Days))[5]
- Samuel Richter (as Sincerus Renatus) – Die wahrhaffte und volkommene Bereitung des philosophischen Steins der Brüderschaft aus dem Orden des Gülden und Rosen Kreutzes (The True and Complete Preparation of the Philosophical Stone of the Brotherhood, from the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross, i. e. Rosicrucians)
- Jonathan Swift – A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick
- Ned Ward (as the Author of the London-Spy) – Nuptial Dialogues and Debates; or, a useful prospect of the felicities and discomforts of a marry'd life, incident to all degrees, from the throne to the cottage
- Christian Wolff – Anfangsgründe aller mathematischen Wissenschaften
- Various
Remarks upon Papers and Occurrences (periodical edited by Jonathan Swift)
Drama
Poetry
See main article: article and 1710 in poetry.
- George Farquhar – Barcellona: a poem; or, the Spanish expedition under the command of Charles Earl of Peterborough (epic)
- Ambrose Philips – Pastorals (igniting argument with Alexander Pope)
Births
Deaths
Notes and References
- Book: Anthony Levi. Guide to French literature: beginnings to 1789. 1994. St. James Press. 978-1-55862-159-6. 355.
- Deazley . Ronan . 2010 . The Statute of Anne and the Great Abridgement Swindle . Houston Law Review . . 47 . 4 . 0018-6694 .
- Book: Philip H. Highfill. Kalman A. Burnim. Edward A. Langhans. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. 1973. SIU Press. 978-0-8093-1803-2. 115.
- Ezell, Margaret J. M. "Selected Bibliography: Mary, Lady Chudleigh." c18 Bibliographies On-Line. Ed. Jack Lynch. Rutgers, 1999. 16 December 2006 .
- Book: Clouston . W.A. . Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes: Volume XIII . 2008 . Cosimo, Inc. . 9781605206035 . 363 . https://books.google.com/books?id=gVwdD-oClN0C&pg=PA363 . en . Variants and Analogues of the Tales in Volume XIII.
- Book: Flood . John . Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A Bio-bibliographical Handbook . 2011 . Walter de Gruyter . 9783110912746 . 1035 . en.
- Book: Humphreys . Maggie . Evans . Robert . Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . 1997 . A&C Black . 9780720123302 . 5 . en.