1717 in poetry

1717 in poetry

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yp2=1715
yp3=1716
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ya1=1718
ya2=1719
ya3=1720
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Events

Works published

* Alexander Pope:
** Translator, Homer's "Iliad", Book III this year, preceded by Book I in 1715, Book II in 1716 and to be followed by Books IV in 1718, and V-VI in 1720.
** "Collected Works", including "Eloisa to Abelard"

Births

* November 25 — Alexander Sumarokov, Russian poet and playwright (died 1777)
* Molla Panah Vagif, Azerbaijani poet (died 1797)
* Horace Walpole, earl of Oxford

Deaths

* Jane Wiseman, English actress, poet and playwright (born ca. 1682)
* William Diaper, English poet (born 1685)
* David Garrick
* John Smith

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


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