1787 in literature

1787 in literature

Events

* Friedrich Schiller arrives in Weimar.

New books

*Pierre Beaumarchais - "Tarare"
*Elizabeth Bonhôte - "Olivia, or, The Deserted Bride"
*Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse - "Ardinghello and die glückseligen Inseln"
*Elizabeth Helme - "Louisa; or the Cottage on the Moor"
*Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - "Paul et Virginie"
*Mary Wollstonecraft - "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters"

New drama

*Royall Tyler - "The Contrast"

Non-fiction

*Mathurin Jacques Brisson - "Pesanteur Spécifique des Corps"

Births

*July 18 - Immanuel Hermann Fichte, philosopher
*November 21 - Bryan Procter ("Barry Cornwall"), poet
*December 16 - Mary Russell Mitford, novelist

Deaths

*October 30 - Ferdinando Galiani, economist
*November 3 - Robert Lowth, theologian


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