1768 in poetry explained
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- Isaac Hawkins Browne, the elder, Poems Upon Various Subjects, Latin and English, edited by Isaac Hawkins Browne, the younger[5]
- Thomas Gray, Poems by Mr Gray, including "The Fatal Sisters", "The Descent of Odin", "The Triumphs of Owen" but not "A Long Story"[5]
- Richard Jago, Labour and Genius; or, The Mill-Stream, and the Cascade[5]
- Lady Mary Montagu, Poetical Works[5]
- Henry James Pye, Elegies on Different Occasions, published anonymously[5]
- Alexander Ross, The Fortunate Sheperdess[5]
- Christopher Smart, The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ[5]
- William Wilkie, Fables[5]
Others
- Ephraim Luzzato, Ele Bene Hane'urim ("These Are the Sons of One's Youth"), Hebrew poetry published in London in an edition of 100 copies; more than 50 poems, mostly sonnets in quantitative-syllabic meters; many subsequent editions and influential among Hebrew poets of the Haskalah ("Enlightenment") movement in the 19th century.[6]
Births
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Deaths
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See also
Notes and References
- Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- 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
- Women's Political and Social Thought: An Anthology by Hilda L. Smith, Indiana University Press, 2000, page 123.
- Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
- Carmi, T., The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, p 132, Penguin, 1981,