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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...
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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
- July 21 – At about this year, on the anniversary of the 17961796 in poetry— Closing lines of After Blenheim by Robert SoutheyNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Mary Matilda Betham, Elegies, and Other Small Poems...
death of Scots poet Robert BurnsRobert BurnsRobert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
, his friends started the tradition of the Burns supperBurns supperA Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day or Burns Night , although they may in principle be held at any time of the...
, which has since spread so widely as to become almost a national Scottish holiday. Originally held on the anniversary of Burns' death, at some point the tradition switched to holding the dinners on his birthday, January 25. - British Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
on August 1, 1798 was the subject of separate poems this year by English poets William Lisle BowlesWilliam Lisle BowlesWilliam Lisle Bowles was an English poet and critic.-Life and career:He was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the age of fourteen he entered Winchester College, the headmaster at the time being Dr Joseph Warton...
and William SothebyWilliam SothebyWilliam Sotheby FRS was an English poet and translator.He was born into a wealthy London family, the son of William and Elizabeth Sotheby, and was educated at Harrow School and the Military Academy, Angers, France before joining the army at 17...
. - The Monthly Magazine and American Review starts publication in the United States; edited by Charles Brockden BrownCharles Brockden BrownCharles Brockden Brown , an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most ambitious and accomplished US novelist before James Fenimore Cooper...
, featuring articles on current events and science, poems, short stories, essays and book reviews; converted into American Review and Literary Journal in 18011801 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Hindusthani Press established in Calcutta, India by John Gilchrist-United Kingdom:...
, when it becomes a quarterly - William WordsworthWilliam WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
completes the first version of The PreludeThe PreludeThe Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind is an autobiographical, "philosophical" poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Wordsworth wrote the first version of the poem when he was 28, and worked over the rest of it for his long life without publishing it...
, begun in 17981798 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Wordsworth begins writing the first version of The Prelude, finishing it in two parts in 1799. This version describes the growth of his understanding up to age 17, when he departed for...
. This version, in two parts, describes the growth of his understanding up to age 17, when he left home for Cambridge University. He would revise the poem more than once during his lifetime but not publish it. Months after his death in 18501850 in poetry— From Cantos 27 and 56, In Memoriam A.H.H., by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
it was published for the first time.
United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Mary AlcockMary AlcockMary Alcock [née Cumberland] , was a poet, essayist, and philanthropist.Mary was the youngest child of Joanna Bentley and Bishop Denison Cumberland...
, Poems - William Lisle BowlesWilliam Lisle BowlesWilliam Lisle Bowles was an English poet and critic.-Life and career:He was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the age of fourteen he entered Winchester College, the headmaster at the time being Dr Joseph Warton...
, Song of the Battle of the Nile, about Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
on August 1, 1798 - Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope, with Other Poems
- George HuddesfordGeorge HuddesfordRev. George Huddesford was a painter and a satirical poet in Oxford. Huddesford published a number of works. His first was described by Fanny Burney as a "vile poem" as it revealed that she had written the novel, Evelina.-Life:...
, published anonymously:- Bubble and Squeak
- Crumbe Repetita, sequel to Bubble and Squeak
- M. G. Lewis, editor and contributor, Tales of Terror, imitations, translations and other poems; poets included: Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
, Robert SoutheyRobert SoutheyRobert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
, John LeydenJohn LeydenJohn Leyden was a British orientalist.-Biography:Leyden was born at Denholm on the River Teviot, not far from Hawick. His father, a shepherd, had contrived to send him to Edinburgh University to study for the ministry...
(see also Sir Walter Scott, An Apology for Tales of Terror below) - Sir Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
:- Translated from the German of Johann von Goethe, Goetz of Berlichingen; with The Iron Hand
- Anonymously published, An Apology for Tales of Terror, also attributed to M. G. Lewis
- William SothebyWilliam SothebyWilliam Sotheby FRS was an English poet and translator.He was born into a wealthy London family, the son of William and Elizabeth Sotheby, and was educated at Harrow School and the Military Academy, Angers, France before joining the army at 17...
, The Battle of the Nile, about Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
on August 1, 1798 - Robert SoutheyRobert SoutheyRobert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
, Poems ... The Second Volume, including the original Book 9 of Joan of Arc ("the Vision of the Maid of Orleans") and new material (see also Poems 17961796 in poetry— Closing lines of After Blenheim by Robert SoutheyNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Mary Matilda Betham, Elegies, and Other Small Poems...
United States
- Richard AlsopRichard AlsopRichard Alsop was an American merchant and author.Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father was also named Richard Alsop...
, Lemuel Hopkins and Theodore DwightTheodore DwightTheodore Dwight may refer to:* Theodore Dwight , Federalist member of U.S. Congress* Theodore Dwight , author, son of Theodore Dwight* Theodore William Dwight U.S. jurist...
, The Political Greenhouse, popular satirical verse with a Federalist attack on Thomas JeffersonThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
, Democratic Republicans, France and JacobinsJacobin (politics)A Jacobin , in the context of the French Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary far-left political movement. The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent where they originally met, in the Rue St. Jacques ,...
; first appeared in the Connecticut Courant; quoted in Congress - Sarah Wentworth Murray, The Virtues of Society, narrative poem about a wounded British officer and his wife; adapted from part of Beacon Hill 17971797 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Blake illustrates Edward Young's Night Thoughts...
- Lindley MurrayLindley MurrayLindley Murray , grammarian, was born in a house near his father's mill, just north of Harper Tavern in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles northeast of Harrisburg. He was the eldest son of Robert Murray, the Quaker merchant, and Mary Lindley Murray, whose home was on a hill in Manhattan on what...
, editor, The English Reader; or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best Writers, fiction, nonfiction and poetry
Works published in other languages
- Évariste-Désiré Parny, La Guerre des dieux, anti-Christian mock epic; 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:...
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- March 12 – Mary HowittMary HowittMary Howitt was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly. She was born Mary Botham at Coleford, in Gloucestershire, the temporary residence of her parents, while her father, Samuel Botham, a prosperous Quaker of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, was looking after some mining...
, née "Botham" (died 18881888 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:*William Wilfred Campbell, Snowflakes and sunbeams. St. Stephen, NB: St. Croix Courier Press. Published at author's expense....
) EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet, author of The Spider and the FlyThe Spider and the Fly (poem)The Spider and the Fly is a poem by Mary Howitt , published in 1829. The first line of the poem is "'Will you walk into my parlor?' said the Spider to the Fly." When Lewis Carroll was readying Alice's Adventures Under Ground for publication he replaced a parody he had made of a negro minstrel song... - April 17 – Eliza ActonEliza ActonElizabeth "Eliza" Acton was an English poet and cook who produced one of the country's first cookbooks aimed at the domestic reader rather than the professional cook or chef, Modern Cookery for Private Families. In this book she introduced the now-universal practice of listing the ingredients and...
(died 18591859 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* William Barnes:** Hwomely Rhymes ** The Song of Solomon in the Dorset Dialect...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet and cook - May 11 – Robert Charles SandsRobert Charles SandsRobert Charles Sands was an American writer and poet....
, (died 18321832 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Weimar Classicism period in Germany is commonly considered to have begun in 1788) and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Schiller, or this year, with the death of Goethe* Thomas...
), American writer and poet - May 23 – Thomas HoodThomas HoodThomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.-Early life:...
(died 18451845 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 10—Robert Browning, 32, and Elizabeth Barrett, 38, begin their correspondence when she receives a note declaring "I love you" from Browning, a little-known poet whose verses she had...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
humorist and poet; father of playwright and editor Tom HoodTom HoodTom Hood , was an English humorist and playwright, son of the poet and author Thomas Hood. A prolific author, he was appointed, in 1865, editor of the magazine Fun. He also founded Tom Hood's Comic Annual in 1867.... - June 6 – Aleksandr PushkinAleksandr PushkinAlexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature....
(died 18371837 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Clare is institutionalized as insane....
), Russian poet
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- Louisa Costello (died 18791879 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Edwin Arnold, The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
painter and poet - John Abraham HeraudJohn Abraham HeraudJohn Abraham Heraud was an English poet.Of Huguenot descent, he contributed to various periodicals, and published two poems, which attracted some attention, The Descent into Hell , and The Judgment of the Flood . He also produced a few plays, miscellaneous poems, books of travel, etc...
(died 18871887 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* George Frederick Cameron, Lyrics on Freedom, Love and Death, posthumously published ....
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is... - George PirieGeorge PirieGeorge Pirie was a Canadian newspaper publisher.He emigrated to Canada from Aberdeen, Scotland. His father, also George Pirie, was a prominent Aberdeen merchant and ship owner. His mother was Katherine Mitchell Pirie, a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Mitchell, of the parish of Tarves, Aberdeenshire...
(died 18701870 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs, stories, Botany, and Alphabets * William Morris, The Earthly Paradise, Part...
), CanadianCanadian poetry- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
newspaper publisher and poet - Gu TaiqingGu TaiqingGu Taiqing was a Qing poettessShe was of Manchu descent. Like several other women writers and poets, she had Shi Yunyu as a supporter. She was also a friend of Liang Desheng, a female writer of tan-ci....
(died 18761876 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Robert Bridges, The Growth of Love...
), Chinese poet during the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China.... - Sukey Vickery (died 18211821 in poetry— words chiselled onto the tombstone of John Keats, at his requestNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Saturday Evening Post founded in Philadelphia...
), American novelist and poet (a woman)
- Louisa Costello (died 1879
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- February 24 – Georg Christoph LichtenbergGeorg Christoph LichtenbergGeorg Christoph Lichtenberg was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany...
(born 17421742 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Jonathan Swift suffers what appears to have been a stroke, losing the ability to speak and realizing his worst fears of becoming mentally disabled...
), German writer, poet, mathematician and the first German professor of experimental physicsExperimental physicsWithin the field of physics, experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines concerned with the observation of physical phenomena in order to gather data about the universe... - William Cliffton, (born 17721772 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Because many white people in colonial Massachusetts found it hard to believe that a black woman could have enough talent to write poetry, Phillis Wheatley had to defend her literary ability in court...
), American - Johann Christoph Krauseneck (born 17381738 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* During a visit to Morpeth this year, poet Mark Akenside gets the idea for his long didactic poem, The Pleasures of the Imagination, published in 1744.-United Kingdom:* Mark Akenside, A British...
), German
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...
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in literature18th century in literatureSee also: 18th century in poetry, 17th century in literature, other events of the 18th century, 19th century in literature, list of years in literature.Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the 18th century....
- 18th century in poetry18th century in poetry-Decades and years:...
- Romantic poetryRomantic poetryRomanticism, a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural era which began in the mid/late-1700s as a reaction against the prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day , also influenced poetry...