1729 in literature

1729 in literature

The year 1729 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

* Johann Sebastian Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" was performed for the first time.

New books

** - "The Fair Hebrew" (poss. by Eliza Haywood)
* James Bramston - "The Art of Politics"
* Moses Browne - "Piscatory Eclogues"
* Henry Carey - "Poems on Several Occasions"
*Edward Cooke - "Battel of the Poets"
* Thomas Cooke - Tales, Epistles, Odes, Fables"
* Hatchett, William - "The Adventures of Abdalla" (Translated from the French of Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743) first published in Paris, 1712, as "Les Avantures d'Abdalla")
* Thomas Innes - "Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain"
* Soame Jenyns - "The Art of Dancing"
* William Law - "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life" (extremely popular devotional manual)
* Daniel Mace - "The New Testament in Greek and English" (a diaglot)
* Isaac Newton - "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" (translation into English of Newton's Latin work)
* John Oldmixon - "The History of England, During the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart"
* Alexander Pope - "The Dunciad, Variorum"
* William Pulteney - "The Honest Jury"
* James Ralph - "Clarinda"
* Elizabeth Rowe - "Letters on Various Occasions"
* Richard Savage - "The Wanderer"
* Thomas Sherlock - "The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus"
* Jonathan Swift - "A Modest Proposal"
** - "An Epistle Upon an Epistle From a Certain Doctor to a Certain Great Lord"
* William Wycherley - "The Posthumous Works of William Wycherley" ii. (see 1728)

Newly published drama

* Colley Cibber - "Love in a Riddle"
* Charles Coffey - "The Beggar's Wedding"
* John Gay - "Polly" (sequel to "The Beggar's Opera", banned from performance by Walpole)
* Eliza Haywood - "Frederick"
* Charles Johnson - "The Village Opera" (opera)
* Samuel Johnson of Cheshire - "Hurlothrumbo, or The Supernatural"
* Thomas Odell - "The Patron"
** - "The Smugglers"
* Thomas Southerne - "Money the Mistress"
* James Thomson - "Britannia"

Births

* January 12 - Edmund Burke (died 1797)
* January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (died 1781)
* August 11 - Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun (died 1807)
* September 25 - Christian Gottlob Heyne (died 1812)
* John Duncombe
* Charlotte Lennox may have been born this year
* Bishop Thomas Percy
* Clara Reeve
* Catherine the Great

Deaths

* January 19 - William Congreve (born 1670)
* May 17 - Samuel Clarke (born 1675)
* September 1 - Richard Steele (born 1672)
* October 9 - Sir Richard Blackmore (born 1654)
* December 13 - Anthony Collins, philosopher (born 1676)
* "unknown date" - Gershom Carmichael (born c. 1672)
* Abel Boyer


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1729 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1726 yp2=1727 yp3=1728 year=1729 ya1=1730 ya2=1731 ya3=1732 dp3=1690s dp2=1700s dp1=1710s d=1720s da=0 dn1=1730s dn2=1740s dn3=1750s|Events* Alexander… …   Wikipedia

  • 1729 in Ireland — EventsAbraham Lincoln is born.Arts and Literature*Jonathan Swift publishes A Modest Proposal .Births*12 January Edmund Burke, statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher (d.1797).Full date unknown*Henry Mossop, actor… …   Wikipedia

  • List of years in literature — This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval… …   Wikipedia

  • Irish literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced by the Irish. This article discusses Irish literature written in English from about 1690; its history is closely linked with that of English literature. Irish language literature is treated… …   Universalium

  • Manipuri literature — is the literature written in the Manipuri Language (i.e. Meeteilon), including literature composed in Manipuri Language by writers from Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is also known as Meetei Literature. The history of… …   Wikipedia

  • 18th century in literature — See also: 17th century in literature, other events of the 18th century, 19th century in literature, list of years in literature. TOC Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the 18th century. European literature… …   Wikipedia

  • biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

  • English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

  • Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • German language literature — German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language.This includes literature written in Germany itself as well as German language Swiss and Austrian literature, and to a lesser extent works of the German… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”