1715 in poetry explained

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

Events

• Nicholas Rowe made British Poet Laureate in succession to Nahum Tate.
• Mary Monck, dying in Bath, England, writes affecting verses to her husband, not published until 1755.

Works published

United Kingdom

• Susanna Centlivre, A Poem. Humbly Presented to His most Sacred Majesty George, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Upon His Ascension to the Throne^[1]
• Charles Cotton, The Genuine Works of Charles Cotton, posthumously published^[2]
• Samuel Croxall, The Vision^[2]
• Daniel Defoe, published anonymously, attributed to Defoe, A Hymn to the Mob^[2]
• Alexander Pope:
• The Temple of Fame^[2]
• Translator, The Iliad of Homer, Volume I (Books 1 - 4), followed by Volume II (Biooks 5 - 8) in 1716, Volume III (Books 9 - 12) in 1717, Volume IV (Books 13 - 16) in 1718, Volume V (Books 14 - 21) and Volume VI (Books 22 - 24), both in 1720^[2]
• Matthew Prior, Solomon, or The Vanity of the World, a didactic poem^[3]
• Thomas Tickell, translation, The First Book of Homer's Iliad^[2]
• Isaac Watts, Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, including "How doth the little busy Bee"; 10 editions published by 1753^[2]

Other

• Antoine Houdart de La Motte, Réflexions sur la critique, attacking those who admire the ancients uncritically; criticism in France^[4]

Births

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

• February 12  - William Whitehead (died 1785), English poet and playwright
• March 7  - Ewald Christian von Kleist (died 1759), German poet
• May 4  - Richard Graves (died 1804), English poet and novelist
• July 4  - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (died 1769), German poet
• October 1  - Richard Jago (died 1781), English clergyman and poet
• November 5  - John Brown (died 1766), English clergyman, author and poet
• Undated
  • Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin (died 1795), Irish poet
  • Jakob Immanuel Pyra (died 1744), German poet

Deaths

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

• May 19  - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (born 1661), English poet and statesman
• July 30  - Nahum Tate (born 1652), Irish-born Poet Laureate
• Undated  - Mary Monck (born c. 1677), Anglo-Irish poet

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• Augustan poetry
• Scriblerus Club

Notes

• Web site: A Timeline of English Poetry. Representative Poetry Online. University of Toronto.

Notes and References

1. Ward, Sir Adolphus William et al., editors, The Cambridge history of English literature, Volume 10, p 482, New York: G. P. Putnam's & Sons (this edition; also Cambridge, England: University Press) 1913, retrieved via Google Books on January 10, 2010
2. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
3. Book: Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. registration. 3rd. 1991. 328.
4. Book: France, Peter. The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. 437. New York. Oxford University Press. 1995. 0-19-866125-8. registration.