1745 in poetry
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Events
- With the death of Jonathan Swift, the age of Augustan poetry ends at about this time.
- End of the Scriblerus Club
Works published
- John Adams, Poems on Several Occasions, Biblical verse paraphrases, devotional works and nonreligious poems; English Colonial America[1]
- Mark Akenside, Odes on Several Subjects, published anonymously[2]
- John Brown, An Essay on Satire: Occasion'd by the death of Mr. Pope, published anonymously; Alexander Pope died May 30, 1744[2]
- John Gilbert Cooper, The Power of Harmony, published anonymously[2]
- Charles Jennens, Belshazzar: An oratorio, verse and music; performed in March; music by Handel[2]
- Samuel Madden, Boulter's Monument, "Assisted by Samuel Johnson", according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature[2]
- Moses Mendes, translator, Henry and Blanche; or, The Revengful Marriage, from the French of Alain-Rene Lesage[2]
- Glocester Ridley, Jovi Eleutherio; or, An Offering to Liberty, published anonymously[2]
- Thomas Scott, England's Danger and Duty, published anonymously[2]
- William Thompson, Sickness, first two books (Book 3, 1746)[2]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 18 – Caterino Mazzolà (died 1806), Italian poet and librettist
- February 2 – Hannah More (died 1833), English religious writer, poet, play and philanthropist
- February 20 – Henry James Pye (died 1813), English Poet Laureate
- March 4 (bapt.) – Charles Dibdin (died 1814), English musician, dramatist, novelist, poet, actor and songwriter
- July 5 – Carl Arnold Kortum (died 1824), German writer, poet and physician
- July 26 – Henry Mackenzie (died 1831), Scottish novelist, writer and poet
- October 12 – Félix María de Samaniego (died 1801), Spanish fabulist
- October 13 (bapt.) – William Crowe (died 1829), English poet and academic
- November 9 – William Hayley (died 1820), English poet and writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper
- December 10 – Thomas Holcroft (died 1809), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
- Also – Charles Morris (died 1838), British army officer and songwriter
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Spring – William Meston (born 1688), Scottish poet
- May 28 – Jonathan Richardson (born 1667), English portrait painter and poet
- June – Pierre des Maizeaux (born 1673), French writer, translator, biographer and poet
- September 11 – Mary Chandler (born 1687), English milliner and poet
- October 19 – Jonathan Swift (born 1667), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet
- November 16 – William Broome (born 1689), English poet and translator
See also
Notes
- ↑ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
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