1762 in poetry explained
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Works published
United Kingdom
- James Boswell, The Cub at Newmarket, published by James Dodsley[3]
- Elizabeth Carter, Poems on Several Occasions[3]
- Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Books I-III (followed by Book IV in 1763)[3]
- Mary Collier, Poems, on Several Occasions[3]
- John Cunningham, The Contemplatist[3]
- Thomas Denton, The House of Superstition, prefixed to William Gilpin's Lives of the Reformers, written in imitation of Edmund Spenser[3]
- William Falconer, The Shipwreck (revised in 1764 and 1769)
- Edward Jerningham, The Nunnery: An elegy in imitation of the Elegy in a Churchyard, an imitation of Thomas Gray[3]
- James Macpherson, Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem [...] Together with several other poems translated from the Galic language (see also Fragment of Ancient Poetry 1760, and Temora 1763)[3]
- John Ogilvie, Poems on Various Subjects[3]
- William Whitehead, A Charge to the Poets[3]
- Edward Young, Resignation, published anonymously; first privately printed 1761[3]
Other
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 25 (bapt.) - Susanna Rowson (died 1824), English-American novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, religious writer, stage actress and educator[4]
- c. March or October - Thomas Russell (died 1788), English poet
- September 11 - Joanna Baillie (died 1851), Scottish poet and dramatist
- September 24 - William Lisle Bowles (died 1850), English poet and critic
- October 21 - George Colman the Younger (died 1837), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer
- October 30 - André Chénier (guillotined 1794), French poet
- November 30 - Samuel Egerton Brydges (died 1837), English bibliographer, writer, poet, genealogist and politician
- Approximate date - James Bisset (died 1832), Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet
Deaths
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See also
Notes and References
- Book: Gates, Henry Louis Jr.. 2003. The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers. New York. Basic Civitas Books. 978-0-465-01850-5. 12.
- Book: Ludwig, Richard M. . Nault, Clifford A. Jr. . Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983. registration . 1986. New York. Oxford University Press.
- Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
- Book: Davis. Cynthia J.. Kathryn. West. Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History. registration. Timeline poetry.. New York. Oxford University Press. 1996. 978-0-19-509053-6. 2009-02-07.
