1736 in poetry explained

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

Events

See main article: 1736.

Works published

United Kingdom

• John Armstrong, The Oeconomy of Love, published anonymously^[1]
• Isaac Hawkins Browne the elder, A Pipe of Tobacco, anonymously published, imitating Colly Cibber, Ambrose Philips, James Thomson, Edward Young, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift^[1]
• Mather Byles, To His Excellency Governor Belcher, on the Death of His lady. An Epistle. English Colonial America^[2]
• William Dawson, Poems on Several Occasions, anonymously published; influenced by the style of Alexander Pope; English, Colonial America^{[3] [4]}
• Stephen Duck, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
• William Melmoth the Younger, Two Episodes of Horace Imitated^[1]
• Alexander Pope
  • Bounce to Fop: An heroick epistle from a dog at Twickenham to a dog at court
  • The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumes 3: fables, translations and imitations; Volume 4 includes The Dunciad (see also Works 1717, 1735 and 1737)^[1]
• Elizabeth Rowe, The History of Joseph^[1]
• James Thomson, last two parts of Liberty (see also Antient and Modern Italy; Greece; Rome 1735):^[1]
  • Britain, Part 4^[1]
  • The Prospect, Part 5, the last part^[1]

Other

• Johann Jakob Bodmer, Brief-Wechsel von der Natur des poetischen Geschmackes ("Exchange of letters on the nature of poetic taste"), German-language, published in Switzerland, criticism

Births

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

• May 1  - Charles Jenner (died 1774), English poet, novelist and Anglican cleric
• May 8  - Caterina Dolfin (died 1793), Venetian poet
• June 28  - Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (died 1809), German writer, military scientist, educator and poet
• July 1  - Annis Boudinot Stockton (died 1801), poet and sponsor of literary salons in Colonial New Jersey^[5]
• October 27  - James Macpherson (died 1796), Scottish poet
• Hedvig Löfwenskiöld (died 1789), Swedish poet
• Johann Gottlieb Willamov (died 1777), German

Deaths

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

• Kada no Azumamaro 荷田春満 (born 1669), Japanese early Edo period poet, philologist and teacher as well as poetry tutor to one of the sons of Emperor Reigen; together with Keichū, co-founder of the kokugaku ("national studies") intellectual movement (surname: Kada)
• Thomas Yalden (born 1670), English poet and translator

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. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
3. 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
4. • Book: Amacher, Richard E. . Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary . Joseph M. . Flora . Amber . Vogel . William Dawson . https://books.google.com/books?id=xxd451POnpYC&q=william+dawson+poems+on+several+occasions&pg=PA100 . June 21, 2006 . . 100 . 978-0807131237 . March 17, 2017.
5. Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009

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