1744 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1744 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1744 in poetry
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Events

Works published

Colonial America

  • John Armstrong, The Art of Preserving Health[1]
  • Mather Byles, Poems on Several Occasions, 31 poems written since 1727; he wrote a range of poetic forms in formal, neoclassical verse influenced by Alexander Pope[2]
  • James Logan, Cicero's Cato Major, a verse translation[2]
  • Jane Turell, Memoirs, a collection of pious poems already published as Reliquiae Turellae together with secular verses (posthumous)[2]

United Kingdom

Title page of Life of Mr Richard Savage by Samuel Johnson
  • Anonymous, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, the first extant collection of nursery rhymes
  • Mark Akenside:
  • John Armstrong, The Art of Preserving Health[3]
  • Jane Brereton, Poems on Several Occasions, the book states it was published this year, but it may have been published in January 1745, according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature[3]
  • Henry Brooke, see Edward Moore, below
  • Edward Moore and Henry Brooke, Fables for the Female Sex, published anonymously; Henry Brooke wrote the last three fables[3]
  • Samuel Johnson:
    • editor, An Account of the Life of John Philip Barretier, on the late poet, compiled by Johnson from François Baratier's letters; published anonymously[3]
    • An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage,[3] on the late poet;[3] the first major biography published by Johnson; published anonymously
  • Joseph Warton, Enthusiast; or, The Lover of Nature, published anonymously on March 8[3]
  • John Wesley and Charles Wesley, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns
  • Paul Whitehead, The Gymnasiad; or, Boxing Match[3]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Deaths

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ a b c 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
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  4. ^ Dansk biografisk Lexicon (in Danish), retrieved January 2, 2010
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