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"This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1718. Events *November 1 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu writes the last of her Turkish Letters, addressed to Alexander Pope. *November 18 – Voltaire's first play, Oedipus, premières at the Comédie-Française in Paris. This is his first use of the pseudonym. He has been released from the Bastille this year, while Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, begins a two-year sentence. *The Freethinker (newspaper) is founded by Ambrose Philips and Hugh Boulter. *Laurence Eusden becomes Poet Laureate of England. *Ludvig Holberg becomes a professor at the University of Copenhagen. New books =Prose= *Nicholas Amhurst – Protestant Popery; or, The Convocation (part of the Bangorian Controversy) *Daniel Defoe (attr.) – A Vindication of the Press *Charles Gildon – The Complete Art of Poetry *Mary Hearne – The Lover's Week *Simon Ockley – The History of the Saracens, volume 2 *Ambrose Philips – The Free- Thinker (periodical) *Allan Ramsay -Christ's Kirk on the Green (revised version) *John Ray – Philosophical Letters *John Strype – The Life and Acts of John Witgift *John Toland – Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile and Mahometan Christianity *John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester – Remains of the Earl of Rochester =Drama= *Charles Beckingham – Scipio Africanus *John Durant Breval – The Play is the Plot *Christopher Bullock – The Traitor *Susanna Centlivre – A Bold Stroke for a Wife *Colley Cibber – The Non-Juror *Charles Molloy – The Coquet *Richard Savage – Love in a Veil *Elkanah Settle and Lewis Theobald – The Lady's Triumph *Voltaire – Œdipe =Poetry= *Joseph Addison **Poems on Several Occasions **The Resurrection *Richardson Pack – Miscellanies in Verse and Prose *Alexander Pope – The Iliad of Homer iv Births *February 18 **Søren Abildgaard, Danish naturalist, author and artist (died 1791) **Robert Henry, Scottish historian (died 1790) *April 7 – Hugh Blair, Scottish rhetorician (died 1800) *May 16 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian philosopher (died 1799) *July 18 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer (died 1808) Deaths *April 27 – Jacques Bernard, French theologian (born 1658) *May 16 – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, Norwegian historian (born 1649) *May 22 – Gaspard Abeille, French lyric and tragic poet (born 1648) *July 28 – Étienne Baluze, French scholar (born 1630) *October 9 – Richard Cumberland, English philosopher and bishop (born 1631) *December 6 – Nicholas Rowe, English dramatist (born 1674) *December 9 – Vincenzo Coronelli Italian encyclopedist (born 1674) See also *Bangorian Controversy *1718 in poetry References Category:Years of the 18th century in literature "
"This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1719. Events *March 14 – Richard Steele launches The Plebeian, in opposition to government policy on peerages. *April 23–25 – Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe is published in London (by W. Taylor) as his first work of fiction, written aged about 60. The initial title is The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. Defoe's anonymity is broken in September by Charles Gildon in The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Mr D— De D—, of London, Hosier. By the end of the year the book has run through four editions. Defoe's sequel, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, competes with several imitators. *October 30 – Defoe launches a periodical, The Manufacturer. *unknown dates **The widow of the dramatist Nicholas Rowe receives a pension from King George I of Great Britain for her husband's translation of Lucan's Pharsalia, published complete, posthumously, in this year. **Richard Steele launches a periodical, The Plebeian. New books =Prose= *Anonymous – Zulima *Joseph Addison **Maxims, Observations, and Reflections **Notes upon the Twelve Books of Paradise Lost **The Old Whig I **The Old Whig II *John Durant Breval – Ovid in Masquerade ("by Mr. Joseph Gay" – part of Curll's continuing battle with John Gay) *Daniel Defoe **Robinson Crusoe **The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe **The King of Pirates *Jean-Baptiste Dubos – Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture *Charles Gildon – The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Mr. D—DeF--, of London, Hosier (satire on Defoe) *Eliza Haywood (anonymous) – Love in Excess; Or, The Fatal Enquiry vol. 1 *Benjamin Hoadly – The Common Rights of Subjects, Defended *Giles Jacob – The Poetical Register (biographies of playwrights, by themselves) *Peter Kolbe – Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum *Nicholas Rowe – Lucan's Pharsalia *Isaac Watts – The Psalms of David (transl.) *Georg von Welling – Opus magotheosophicum et cabbalisticum *Edward Young – A Letter to Mr. Tickell (on Addison's death) =Drama= *Anonymous – Heroick Friendship (attributed to Thomas Otway) *Anonymous – The Younger Brother * Charles Beckingham – Henry IV of France *Thomas Betterton – The Bond-Man *Colley Cibber – Ximena (published)Poem Hunter: Biography of Colley Cibber. Accessed 10 February 2013. *John Dennis – The Invader of His Country *Charles Johnson – The Masquerade * Thomas Killigrew – Chit Chat *John Leigh – Kensington Gardens *Charles Shadwell – Rotherick O'Connor, King of Connaught *George Sewell – The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh *Thomas Southerne – The Spartan Dame *William Taverner – 'Tis Well if it Takes *Francis Tolson – The Earl of Warwick: Or, British Exile. A Tragedy. *Edward Young – Busiris, King of Egypt =Poetry= *Matthew Prior – Poems on Several Occasions *Allan Ramsay – Content *See also 1719 in poetry Births *January 17 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and dramatic poet (died 1749) *March 29 – John Hawkins, English writer and biographer (died 1789) *May 30 – Roger Newdigate, English politician, founder of the Newdigate Prize for poetry (died 1806) *July 4 – Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (died 1797) *July 23 – Frances Boscawen, English diarist and bluestocking (died 1805) *October 17 – Jacques Cazotte, French fantasy writer (died 1792) *November 23 – Spranger Barry, Irish-born actor (died 1777) Deaths *January 18 – Samuel Garth, English poet and physician (born 1661) *April 15 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, consort and belle of the French court (born 1635) *June 17 – Joseph Addison, English journalist and satirist (born 1672) *July 17 – Elinor James, English pamphleteer (born 1644)McDowell, Paula. "Elinor James" in Matthew, H.C.G. and Brian Harrison, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. vol. 29, 693-604. London: Oxford UP, 2004. p. 693. *September 7 – John Harris, English writer (born c. 1666) *November 19 – Charles-Claude Genest, French poet and dramatist (born 1639) *November 26 – John Hudson, English classicist and librarian (born 1662) *December 2 – Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian (born 1634) *December 31 – John Flamsteed, English Astronomer Royal (born 1646) References Category:Years of the 18th century in literature "
"This article is a summary of the major literary events and publications of 1720. Events *September–October – The "South Sea Bubble", i. e. the collapse of the South Sea Company in England, affects the fortunes of many writers, including John Gay. It features in several works of literature. There are suspicions of complicity by Robert Walpole's government. *December 29 – The Haymarket Theatre in London opens with a performance of La Fille à la Morte, ou le Badeaut de Paris. *unknown date – Jonathan Swift begins major composition work on Gulliver's Travels in Ireland. New books =Prose= *Thomas Boston – Human Nature in its Fourfold State *Jane Brereton – An expostulatory Epistle to Sir Richard Steele upon the Death of Mr. Addison *Thomas Brown – The Remains of Mr. Thomas Brown *Josiah Burchett – A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea *William Rufus Chetwood – The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Miraculous Escapes of Capt. Richard Falconer *Samuel Croxall – The Fair Circassian *Daniel Defoe **Captain Singleton **Memoirs of a Cavalier **Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World *Charles Gildon – All for the Better (fiction) *Thomas Hearne – A Collection of Curious Discourses *Aaron Hill – The Creation *Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon – The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland *Hildebrand Jacob – The Curious Maid *Madame de La Fayette – Histoire d'Henriette d'Angleterre *Delarivière Manley – The Power of Love (novels) *Alexander Pennecuik – Streams From Hellicon *Alexander Pope – The Iliad of Homer v, vi *Richard Rawlinson – The English Topographer *Martha Sansom – The Epistles of Clio and Strephon *George Sewell – A New Collection of Original Poems *Richard Steele **The Crisis of Property **A Nation a Family *Jonathan Swift – A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture *William Temple – The Works of Sir William Temple *Simon Tyssot de Patot – La Vie, les Aventures et le Voyage de Groenland du Révérend Père Cordelier Pierre de Mésange *Ned Ward – The Delights of the Bottle =Drama= *Matthew Concanen – Wexford Wells *Benjamin Griffin – Whig and Tory *John Gay – Dione *John Hughes – The Siege of Damascus *John Leigh – Hob's Wedding *Pierre de Marivaux **L'Amour et la vérité **Arlequin poli par l'amour *Charles Molloy – The Half- Pay Officers *John Mottley – The Imperial Captives * Charles Shadwell – Irish Hospitality =Poetry= *John Gay – Poems on Several Occasions *A New Miscellany of Original Poems (anthology) *Matthew Prior – The Conversation *Allan Ramsay **A Poem on the South-Sea **Poems Births *January 8 – James Merrick, English poet and scholar (died 1769) *January 13 – Richard Hurd, English writer and bishop (died 1808) *January 27 (baptized) – Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (died 1777) *July 18 – Gilbert White, English naturalist (died 1793) *October 2 – Elizabeth Montagu, English scholar and bluestocking (died 1800) *October 17 – Jacques Cazotte, French romance writer (died 1792) *October 19 – John Woolman, American Quaker diarist and preacher (died 1772) *November 28 – Madeleine de Puisieux, French philosopher and feminist writer (died 1798) *December 13 – Carlo Gozzi, Italian playwright (died 1806) Deaths *February 17 – John Hughes, English poet, editor and translator (born C. 1678) *April 21 – Antoine Hamilton Irish writer in French (born 1646) *June 27 – Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet and wit (born 1639) *August 5 – Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, English poet (born 1661) *August 9 – Simon Ockley, English orientalist (born 1678) *August 17 – Anne Dacier (Madame Dacier), French scholar and translator (born c. 1654) *September 1 – Eusèbe Renaudot, French theologian and orientalist (born 1646) *September 9 – Philippe de Dangeau, French author and army officer (born 1638) *unknown date – Shalom Shabazi, Jewish Yemeni rabbi and poet (born 1619) References Category:Years of the 18th century in literature "