1748 in poetry
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Events
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Works published
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United Kingdom
- Mark Akenside, An Ode to the Earl of Huntingdon
- Robert Dodsley, editor, first three volumes of A Collection of Poems (1748–58), Volume 2 includes Thomas Gray's "Ode ", "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" and "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (first published separately 1747)
- William Kenrick, The Town
- Mary Leapor, Poems upon Several Occasions (1748–51), posthumous
- Ambrose Philips, Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and Other Original Poems
- Thomas Sheridan, The Simile; or, Woman: a Cloud, published posthumously
- James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical Poem. Written in Imitation of Spenser., a mock-Spenserian poem; published by Andrew Millar (see also "Deaths", below)
- Thomas Warton, the elder, Poems on Several Occasions, published posthumously, edited by Joseph Warton, who also included two of his own odes
Other
- Johann Jakob Bodmer, Proben der alten schwäbischen Poesie des dreyzehnten Jahrhunderts. Aus der Manessischen Sammlung, German-language anthology published in Switzerland
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 1 (disputed — see explanation here) – Gottfried August Bürger (died 1794), German poet
- June 14 – Henry Alline (died 1784), American-born Canadian preacher and hymn-writer
- October 13 – Henry Livingston, Jr. (died 1828), American farmer and poet; his family later claim he, not Clement Moore, is the author of "The Night Before Christmas"
- December 21 – Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (died 1776), German poet and lyricist
- Also – Hugh Henry Brackenridge (died 1816), Scottish-born American writer, poet, lawyer, judge and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- February 21 – Antoine Danchet (born 1671), French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet
- April 13 – Christopher Pitt (born 1699), English poet and translator
- August 27 – James Thomson, 47 (born 1700), Scottish-born poet and playwright, author of the words to "Rule Britannia!"
- November 25 – Isaac Watts (born 1674), English "Father of English Hymnody"
- Also – Mohammed Awzal (born 1670), Moroccan religious Berber poet
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009