1718 in poetry explained

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

Events

• Laurence Eusden made British Poet Laureate

Works published

• Joseph Addison:
  • Poems on Several Occasions, published this year, although the book states "1719"^[1]
  • The Resurrection, Latin poetry by Addison with an English translation attributed to Nicholas Amhurst^[1]
• Nicholas Amhurst
  • Protestant Popery; or, The Convocation^[1] (part of the Bangorian Controversy)
  • See The Resurrection, above^[1]
• Cotton Mather, Psalterium Americanum: The Book of Psalms in a Translation Exactly Conformed unto the Original, but All in Blank Verse, a translation in blank verse, with his analysis of poetry, English Colonial America^[2]
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "Constantinople", circulated privately
• Alexander Pope, translator, Homer's Iliad, Volume IV (Books 13 - 16) this year, preceded by Volume I (Books 1 - 4) in 1715, Volume II (Books 5 - 8) in 1716, Volume III (Books 9 - 12) in 1717 and to be followed by Volume V (Books 17 - 21) and Volume VI (Books 22 - 24), both in 1720^[1]
• Matthew Prior, Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind
• Allan Ramsay, Scots Songs (see also Scots Songs 1719)^[3]
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Remains of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester. Being Satyrs, Songs, and Poems; Never before Published. From a Manuscript found in a Gentleman's Library that was Contemporary with him, London: Printed for Tho. Dryar & sold by T. Harbin, W. Chetwood & the booksellers of London & Westminster, posthumous^[4]

Births

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

• November 28  - Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (died 1763), Swedish poet, feminist and salon-hostess
• date unknown  - Ramprasad Sen (died 1775), Shakta poet of Bengal

Deaths

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

• February 18  - Peter Anthony Motteux (born 1663), English playwright, translator, editor, author and poet
• May 22  - Gaspard Abeille (born 1648), French lyric and tragic poet
• October 24  - Thomas Parnell (born 1679), Irish poet and clergyman, member of the Scriblerus Club
• December 6  - Nicholas Rowe (born 1674), English poet and dramatist
• date unknown  - Wu Li (born 1632), Chinese landscape painter and 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

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
2. Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004,, retrieved via Google Books
3. http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/RamsayAllan1686-1758.728.shtml "Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)"
4. Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. 2009-05-02.

• http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto