1758 In Poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

* Christopher Smart writes "Jubilate Agno" (about 1758-63), only published in 1939

Works published

United Kingdom

* Mark Akenside, ''An Ode to the Country Gentlemen of England''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004,
* John Gilbert Cooper, ''The Call of Aristippus''
* Robert Dodsley:
** ''Cleone: A tragedy'', verse drama performed in December; the work also contains the author's poem "Melpomene", on the sublime
** ''Collection of Poems'', volumes five and six
* James Macpherson, ''The Highlander''
* Thomas Parnell, ''Posthumous Works''

English, Colonial America

* Thomas Prince, ''The Psalms, Hymns, & spiritual Songs of the Old and new Testaments'', English, Colonial AmericaLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
* Annis Boudinot Stockton, "To the Honorable Colonel Peter Schuyler" published in ''New-York Mercury'' and ''New American Magazine''; her first published poem; Colonial America

Other

* Anica Bošković, ''Dijalog'' Serbian published in Venice
* Solomon Gessner, ''Der Tod Abels'', Switzerland, German-language work akin to an idyllic pastoral
* Heyat Mahmud, ''Āmbiyābāṇī''; Bengal, Bengali-language

Oliver Goldsmith's "poetical scale"

In the January 1758 edition of the ''Literary Magazine'', an anonymous writer widely believed to be English poet and author Oliver Goldsmith presented a table comparing 29 English poets, rating them on a scale in each of four aspects of literary greatness.Mark Van Doren, ''John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry'', pp 249-250, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960") A score of 20 was literary perfection. Some of his estimations:

Some other poets Goldsmith placed on the scale: Michael Drayton, Lee, Aaron Hill, Nicholas Rowe, Garth, Southern and Hughes. John Donne was not listed, because, wrote Goldsmith, "Dr Donne was a man of wit, but he seems to have been at pains not to pass for a poet."''John Donne: The Critical Heritage'', Volume 1
p 236, Routledge, 1996, , retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010 (See also Mark Akenside's "Balance of Poets" of 1746.)

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article:
* February 3
** Vasily Kapnist (died 1823), Ukrainian poet and playwright
** Valentin Vodnik (died 1819), Carniolan Slovene poet, writer and priest
* March 15 – Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (died 1825), Norwegian poet
* April 6 – Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet (died 1833), English politician and poet
* April 30 – Jane West, born Iliffe, publishing under the pen names "Prudentia Homespun" and "Mrs. West" (died 1852), English novelist, poet, playwright and writer of conduct literature and educational tracts
* December – Mary Leadbeater (died 1826), Irish poet and writer
* Also:
** Ryōkan 良寛, born Eizō Yamamoto (died 1831), Japanese waka poet, calligrapher, Buddhist monk and often a hermit
** year uncertain – Joseph Fawcett (died 1804), English Presbyterian minister and poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article:
* January 1 – Johann Friedrich von Cronegk (born 1731), German dramatist, poet and essayist
* January 7 – Allan Ramsay (born 1686), Scottish poet
* July 15 – Ambrosius Stub (born 1705), Danish poet

See also

*Poetry
*List of years in poetry

Notes

{{Lists of poets

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