1746 in literature

1746 in literature

The year 1746 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

* Voltaire is elected to the French Academy.
* The oldest manuscript of Jean de Joinville's "Life of Saint Louis" is rediscovered in Brussels.
*Élie Catherine Fréron founds the controversial journal, "Lettres de la comtesse de..."
*Spranger Barry makes his London stage debut in "Othello".

New books

* John Arbuthnot - "Miscellanies" (posth.)
* John Collier as "Tim Bobbin" - "A View of the Lancashire Dialect"
* William Collins - "Odes"
* Thomas Cooke - "A Hymn to Liberty"
* Zachary Grey - "A Word or Two of Advice to William Warburton"
* James Hervey - "Meditations Among the Tombs"
* Soame Jenyns - "The Modern Fine Gentleman"
* Pierre Louis Maupertuis - "Astronomie nautique", volume 2
* Tobias Smollett - "Advice"
* John Upton - "Critical Observations on Shakespeare"
* Horace Walpole - "The Beauties"
* Joseph Warton - "Odes on Various Subjects"
* John Wesley
**"The Principles of a Methodist Father Explain'd"
**"Sermons on Several Occasions"

Poetry

* Thomas Blacklock - "Poems"
*"See also 1746 in poetry"

Births

*January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer (died 1827)
*March 27 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (died 1767)
* James Wyatt

Deaths

*February 4 - Robert Blair (poet), Scottish poet (born 1699)
*May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (born 1660)
*December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)


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