1782 in poetry explained
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Events
Works published
- William Cowper
- John Freeth, Modern Songs, on Various Subjects[1]
- William Hayley, An Essay on Epic Poetry in Five Epistles to Mason[1]
- William Mason:
- An Archaeological Epistle to Jeremiah Milles ... Editor of a Superb Edition of the Poems of Thomas Rowley, attributed to Mason; written in the Rowleian dialect (see Thomas Chatterton's Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written ... by Thomas Rowley 1777)[1]
- King Stephen's Watch[1]
- Hannah More, Sacred Dramas, Chiefly intended for Young Persons, published anonymously, went through 24 editions by 1829[1]
- Edward Rushton, The Dismember'd Empire, published anonymously; attribution uncertain[1]
- John Scott, The Poetical Works of John Scott[1]
- John Walters, Translated Specimens of Welsh Poetry
- Joseph Warton, Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 (Volume 1 published in 1756), criticism
- Helen Maria Williams, Edwin and Eltruda[1]
- John Wolcot writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Lyric Odes, to the Royal Academicians (see also More Lyric Odes 1783)[1]
Other
Births
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Deaths
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See also
Notes and References
- Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
- France, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 226, New York: Oxford University Press (1995)
- 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