Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- John Danforth (poet), "A Poem, Upon the Much Honoured [...] Mrs. Maria Mather", English, Colonial America
- William Diaper, An Imitation of the Seventeenth Epistle of the First Book of Horace
- Laurence Eusden, A Letter to Mr. Addison, on the King's Accession to the Throne
- Abel Evans, Prae-existence: A poem, in imitation of Milton
- John Gay:
- The Shepherd's Week (pastoral)
- The Fan
- Samuel Jones, Poetical Miscellanies on Several Occasions
- Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: An heroi-comical poem, first edition in an enlarged, five-canto form (see also Miscellaneoous Poems and Translations 1712
- Nicholas Rowe, Poems on Several Occasions
- Richard Steele:
- Editor, Poetical Miscellanies, including pieces by Alexander Pope, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Tickell, John Gay, Thomas Warton, Edward Young and Richard Steele himself
- Editor, "Written by a lady", The Ladies Library, anthology sometimes attributed to Mary Wray, to Steele and to George Berkeley
- Jonathan Swift, The First Ode of the Second Book of Horace Paraphras'd, published this year, although the book states "1713"
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, The Works of John Earl of Rochester. Containing Poems, On Several Occasions: His Lordship's Letters To Mr. Savil and Mrs. * * with Valentinian, a Tragedy. Never before Publish'd together, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumous
Other
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
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See also
Notes