1728 in poetry

1728 in poetry

yearbox2
in?=in poetry
in2?=in literature
cp=17th century
c=18th century
cf=19th century

yp1=1725
yp2=1726
yp3=1727
year=1728
ya1=1729
ya2=1730
ya3=1731
dp3=1690s
dp2=1700s
dp1=1710s
d=1720s
da=0
dn1=1730s
dn2=1740s
dn3=1750s|

Events

Works published

* John Gay, "Beggar's Opera"
* Alexander Pope, "The Dunciad", Books I-III, followed by Book IV ("The New Dunciad") in 1742, and completed in 1743
* Allan Ramsay, "Poems"Grun, Bernard, "The Timetables of History", third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328]
* James Thomson, "Spring"

Births

* Lady Dorothea Du Bois (Ireland); Thomas Warton the younger
* Oliver Goldsmith, English writer and poet (died [1774 in poetry|1774)
* Thomas Warton, future English poet laureate (died 1790)

Deaths

*January 28 — Esther Johnson known as "Stella", inspiration of Jonathan Swift (born 1681). Swift, who rushed back from England last year when he was told she was deathly ill, could not keep himself at her bedside when she died. Nor does he attend her funeral. Many years later, a lock of hair, assumed to be hers, was found in his desk, wrapped in a paper bearing the words, "Only a woman's hair".
* Richardson Pack

ee also

*Poetry
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature

Notes

* [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1728 in literature — The year 1728 in literature involved some significant events and new books.Events*The Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal are founded by Daniel Defoe and his son in law, Henry Baker *Jonathan Swift and Thomas Sheridan launch The Intelligencer… …   Wikipedia

  • List of years in poetry — This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry. Contents 1 21st century in poetry 1.1 2010s 1.2 2000s …   Wikipedia

  • 1727 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1724 yp2=1725 yp3=1726 year=1727 ya1=1728 ya2=1729 ya3=1730 dp3=1690s dp2=1700s dp1=1710s d=1720s da=0 dn1=1730s dn2=1740s dn3=1750s|Events* Jonathan… …   Wikipedia

  • Augustan poetry — is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. This poetry was more explicitly political than the poetry that had preceded it, and it was… …   Wikipedia

  • Oxford Professor of Poetry — The chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is an unusual academic appointment, now held for a term of five years, and chosen through an election open to all members of Convocation, namely, all graduates and current academics of… …   Wikipedia

  • Epic poetry — An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. [Michael Meyer, The Bedford Introduction to Literature , Bedford/St. Martin s, 2005,… …   Wikipedia

  • 1725 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1722 yp2=1723 yp3=1724 year=1725 ya1=1726 ya2=1727 ya3=1728 dp3=1690s dp2=1700s dp1=1710s d=1720s da=0 dn1=1730s dn2=1740s dn3=1750s|Events* Scot James… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • 1731 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1728 yp2=1729 yp3=1730 year=1731 ya1=1732 ya2=1733 ya3=1734 dp3=1700s dp2=1710s dp1=1720s d=1730s da=0 dn1=1740s dn2=1750s dn3=1760s|EventsWorks… …   Wikipedia

  • 1730 in poetry — yearbox2 in?=in poetry in2?=in literature cp=17th century c=18th century cf=19th century yp1=1727 yp2=1728 yp3=1729 year=1730 ya1=1731 ya2=1732 ya3=1733 dp3=1700s dp2=1710s dp1=1720s d=1730s da=0 dn1=1740s dn2=1750s dn3=1760s|Events* Colley… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

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