1778 in poetry explained
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Events
See main article: 1778.
Works published in English
- John Codrington Bampfylde, Sixteen Sonnets[1]
- William Combe, The Auction[1]
- George Ellis, writing under the pen name "Sir Gregory Gander", Poetical Tales[1]
- William Hayley, A Poetical Epistle to an Eminent Painter, published anonymously; addressed to George Romney[1]
- Vicesimus Knox, Cursory Thoughts on Satire and Satirists, a critical essay[2]
- John Scott, Moral Eclogues, published anonymously[1]
- Percival Stockdale, Inquiry into the Nature and Genuine Laws of Poetry; including a particular Defence of the Writings and Genius of Mr. Pope[2]
- John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", A Poetical, Supplicating, Modest and Affecting Epistle to those Literary Colossuses the Reviewers[1]
Works published in other languages
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
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See also
Notes and References
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
- Clark, Alexander Frederick Bruce, Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660-1830), p 50, Franklin, Burt, 1971,, retrieved via Google Books on February 13, 2010
- Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993
- Giovanni Bach, Richard Beck, Adolph B. Benson, Axel Johan Uppvall, and others, translated in part and edited by Frederika Blankner, The History of the Scandinavian Literatures: A Survey of the Literatures of the Norway, Sweden, Denamark, Iceland and Finland From Their Origins to the Present Day, p 178, Dial Press, 1938, New York
- Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009