1684 in poetry
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Events
- April 15 – Nicolas Boileau-DespréauxNicolas Boileau-DespréauxNicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a French poet and critic.-Biography:Boileau was born in the rue de Jérusalem, in Paris, France. He was brought up to the law, but devoted to letters, associating himself with La Fontaine, Racine, and Molière...
, a FranceFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
poet, critic and scholar, was admitted to the Académie françaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
, and then only by the king's wish
Works published
- Aphra BehnAphra BehnAphra Behn was a prolific dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction genre of British literature.-Early life:...
, Poems Upon Several Occasions - Samuel ButlerSamuel Butler (poet)Samuel Butler was a poet and satirist. Born in Strensham, Worcestershire and baptised 14 February 1613, he is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical burlesque poem on Puritanism entitled Hudibras.-Biography:...
, HudibrasHudibrasHudibras is an English mock heroic narrative poem from the 17th century written by Samuel Butler.-Purpose:The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War...
. In Three Parts, published anonymously (See also Hudibras, the First Part 16631663 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Robert Herrick begins publishing his Poor Robin's Almanack-Works published:...
, Hudibras. The Second Part 16641664 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Henry Bold, Poems Lyrique Macaronique Heroique...
, Hudibras. The First and Second Parts 16741674 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-France:* Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, France, L'Œuvres diverses du sieur D...., including:...
, Hudibras. The Third and Last Part 16781678 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Anne Bradstreet, Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, a reprint of The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in Boston, Massachusetts with significant...
) - Thomas CreechThomas CreechThomas Creech was an English translator of classical works, and headmaster of Sherborne School. He translated Lucretius in verse , for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford, also Manilius, Horace, Theocritus, and other classics.-Life:He was born at Blandford Forum, Dorset...
:- Translator, The Idylliums of Theocritus, with Rapin's Discourse of Pastorals Done into English, translated from Rene RapinRené RapinRené Rapin was a French Jesuit and writer.He was born at Tours and entered the Society of Jesus in 1639. He taught rhetoric, and wrote extensively both in verse and prose.-Works:...
, Treatise de carmine pastorali - Translator, The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace, the only complete translation of HoraceHoraceQuintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...
's poems until that of Philip FrancisPhilip Francis (translator)Philip Francis was an Anglo-Irish clergyman and writer, now remembered as a translator of Horace.-Life:He was son of Dr. John Francis, rector of St. Mary's, Dublin , and dean of Lismore, and was born about 1708. He was sent to Trinity College, Dublin, taking the degree of B.A...
(see 17431743 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Robert Blair, The Grave a work representative of the Graveyard poets movement* Samuel Boyse, Albion's Triumph...
, 17471747 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir William Blackstone, The Panthion, published anonymously, attribution uncertain* William Dunkin, Boeotia...
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- Translator, The Idylliums of Theocritus, with Rapin's Discourse of Pastorals Done into English, translated from Rene Rapin
- Wentworth Dillon, fourth Earl of Roscommon, An Essay on Translated Verse, criticism in verse form, a second edition was also published this year
- John DrydenJohn DrydenJohn Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...
and Jacob TonsonJacob TonsonJacob Tonson, sometimes referred to as Jacob Tonson the elder was an 18th-century English bookseller and publisher....
, editors, Miscellany Poems, first in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson (see also Sylvae 16851685 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-Great Britain:...
, Examen Poeticum 16931693 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Locke writes his essay Some Thoughts Concerning Education which discusses how poetry and music should not be included as part of an educational curriculum-Britain:* Richard Ames, Fatal...
, Annual Miscellany 16941694 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works:* Joseph Addison, An Account of the Greatest English Poets...
, Poetical Miscellaneis: Fifth Part 17041704 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-- From William Shippen's, Faction Display'd, the work of a Tory poet on the powerful Whig publisher Jacob Tonson whose series of anthologies, known as Dryden's Miscellanies or Tonson's Miscellanies used the...
; Sixth Part 17091709 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir Richard Blackmore, Instructions to Vander Bank; published anonymously, sequel to Advice to the Poets...
) - Thomas D'UrfeyThomas d'UrfeyThomas D'Urfey was an English writer and wit. He composed plays, songs, and poetry, in addition to writing jokes. He was an important innovator and contributor in the evolution of the Ballad opera....
, The Malcontent: a Satyr, published anonymously; a sequel to The Progress of Honesty 16811681 in poetry— First lines from Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:... - John NorrisJohn NorrisJohn Norris, sometimes called John Norris of Bemerton, was an English theologian, philosopher and poet associated with the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:...
, Poems and Discourses. Occasionally written - John OldhamJohn Oldham (poet)John Oldham was an English satirical poet and translator.-Life and work:Oldham was born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, the son of John Oldham, a non-conformist minister, and grandson of John Oldham the staunch anti-papist rector of Shipton Moyne and before that of Long Newton in Wiltshire...
, The Works of Mr John Oldham, posthumously published
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- December 3 – Ludvig HolbergLudvig HolbergLudvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque...
(died 17541754 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture, published anonymously...
), Danish/Norwegian poet and playwright
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Wu JiajiWu JiajiWu Jiaji was a Chinese poet, and an associate of the official and literary figure Zhou Lianggong.Wu’s writings provide us with a glimpse of conditions just prior to the Manchu Qing conquest and especially descriptions of social conditions in rural society. Wu was from Taizhou, Jiangsu, an area...
(born 16181618 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* George Chapman, translator, The Georgicks of Hesiod, from the Greek of Hesiod's Works and Days...
), Chinese poet
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- 17th century in poetry17th century in poetry-Denmark:* Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor , hymns, some of which are still sung-Other:* Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey , Germany-Danish poets:* Anders Arrebo...
- 17th century in literature17th century in literatureSee also: 17th century in poetry, 16th century in literature*Early Modern literature*other events of the 17th century*18th century in literature, 1700 in literature,and list of years in literature.-Events and trends:...
- Restoration literatureRestoration literatureRestoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration , which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland...