1708 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1708.
Events
- July 14 - Joseph Trapp becomes the first Oxford Professor of Poetry.[1]
- Edward Lhuyd becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
New books
- Joseph Addison - The Present State of the War (pro-Marlborough tract)
- Edmund Arwaker - Truth in Fiction (fables)
- Francis Atterbury - Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions
- Joseph Bingham - Origines Ecclesiasticae, or Antiquities of the Christian Church, vol. 1
- Richard Blackmore - The Kit-Cats
- Jeremy Collier - An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England, vol. 1
- Ebenezer Cooke - The Sot-Weed Factor
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury - A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm (contra radical Protestantism)
- Edmund Curll - The Charitable Surgeon
- John Downes - Roscius Anglicanus (a historical review of the stage)
- Elijah Fenton - Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems
- John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester (executed 1535) - Funeral Sermon for Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (originally delivered 1509; published with an anonymous preface by Thomas Baker)
- John Gay - Wine
- Charles Gildon
- Libertas Triumphans (re Battle of Oudenarde)
- The New Metamorphosis (fiction)
- John Harris - Lexicon Technicum: Or, A Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1 (2nd edition)
- Aaron Hill - The Celebrated Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, for the Armour of Achilles (from Ovid)
- Benjamin Hoadly - The Unhappiness of the Present Establishment, and the Unhappiness of Absolute Monarchy
- William King - The Art of Cookery (poem)
- Anne de La Roche-Guilhem - La Foire de Beaucaire
- John Locke (died 1704) - Some Familiar Letters
- Simon Ockley - The Conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt by the Saracens (vol. 1 of History of the Saracens)
- Matthew Prior - Poems on Several Occasions (see 1707 for the vexatious publication)
- Jonathan Swift
- Predictions for the Year 1708
- The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions (together, part of the "Bickerstaff Papers")
- An Argument against Abolishing Christianity
New drama
- Thomas Baker - The Fine Lady's Airs
- Peter Anthony Motteux - Love's Triumph (opera)
- Nicholas Rowe - The Royal Convert
Births
- April 23 – Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (died 1754)
- July 8 – Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, French dramatist (died 1775)
- August – André le Breton, French publisher (died 1779)
- August 29 – Olof von Dalin, Swedish poet (died 1763)
- October 16 – Albrecht von Haller, Swiss biologist and poet (died 1777)
- Unknown dates
- Richard Dawes, English classical scholar (died 1766)
- Thomas Seward, English poet (died 1790)
Deaths
- January 1 – Johannes Kelpius, German polymath (born 1673)
- March 5 – Charles Le Gobien, French Jesuit writer (born 1653)
- March 15 – William Walsh, English poet and critic (born 1662)[2]
- October 11 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German philosopher (born 1651)
- October 21
- Kata Szidónia Petrőczy, Hungarian Baroque writer (born 1659)
- Christian Weise, German dramatist and poet (born 1642)
- October 22 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (born 1636)
- Unknown dates
- Nikolai Spathari (Nicolae Milescu), Moldavian travel writer and diplomat (born 1636)
- Thomas Ward, English Catholic writer (born 1652)
References
- ↑ s:Trapp, Joseph (DNB00)
- ↑ Sambrook, James (2004). "Walsh, William (bap. 1662, d. 1708)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28620. Retrieved 2015-07-15. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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