1721 In Poetry

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

Events

Works published

United Kingdom

* Joseph Addison, ''The Works of Joseph Addison'', edited by Thomas TickellCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004,
* John Dennis, ''Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical. In Two Volumes'', including literary criticismPaul, Harry Gilbert
''John Dennis: His Life and Criticism''
p 64, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
* Charles Gildon, ''Laws of Poetry'', criticismMark Van Doren, ''John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry'', p 178, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")
* Alexander Pennecuik, ''An Ancient Prophecy Concerning Stock-Jobbing, and the Conduct of the Directors of the South-Sea-Company''
* Thomas Parnell, ''Night-Piece on Death'' a notable work by one of the Graveyard poets
* Matthew Prior, ''Colin's Mistakes'', published anonymously (died this year)
* Allan Ramsay, ''Poems''"Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)"
article, ''The Burns Encyclopedia'', online edition, retrieved July 1, 2009. 2009-07-21.
* Jonathan Swift:
** ''The Bubble''
** ''Letter of Advice to a Young Poet''
* Thomas Tickell, ''Kensington Garden'', published anonymously this year, although the book states "1722" (see also Joseph Addison, above)

Other

* Barthold Heinrich Brockes, ''Earthly Pleasure in God'', GermanyThomas, Calvin
''A History of German Literature''
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1909, retrieved December 14, 2009

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article:
* March 17 – James Dance, pseudonym of James Dance (died 1774), English poet, playwright, actor and cricketer
* March 19 – Tobias Smollett (died 1771), Scottish-born physician, novelist and poet
* July 9 – Johann Nikolaus Götz (died 1781), German poet
* August 21 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (died 1789), Dutch poet and playwright
* September 17 – Johann Adolf Schlegel (died 1793), German poet
* October 5 – William Wilkie (died 1772), Scottish poet and agriculturalist
* November 9 – Mark Akenside (died 1770), English poet
* December 25 – William Collins (died 1759), English poet
* date not known
** James Grainger (died 1766), Scottish-born physician, poet and translator
** Robert Potter (died 1804), English translator, poet and cleric

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article:
* September 18 – Matthew Prior (born 1664), English poetGrun, Bernard, ''The Timetables of History'', third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328 (see "Works", above)
* February 24 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (born 1648), English statesman and poet
* date not known – Rupa Bhavani (born 1621), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet

See also

* Poetry
* List of years in poetry
* List of years in literature
* 18th century in poetry
* 18th century in literature
* Augustan poetry
* Scriblerus Club

Notes

"A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

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