1785 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1785 in poetry
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Events
Works published in English
Samuel Egerton Brydges , Sonnets and other Poems , published anonymously[ 2] Robert Burns , "To A Mouse Halloween Colman, George , and Bonnell Thornton , eds. Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great Britain and Ireland. Re-published from the collection of G. Colman and B. Thornton, Esqrs., with considerable alterations, additions, and improvements William Combe , The Royal Dream; or, The P [rince] in a Panic , published anonymously[ 2] William Cowper , The Task Poems , in addition to the title poem, the book includes "The Diverting History of John Gilpin " (a poem first published in 1782 ), "An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.", "Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools" (first volume of Poems published 1782 , Poems 1815 )George Crabbe , The News-Paper [ 2] William Hayley , A Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old Maids [ 2] Samuel Johnson , The Works of Samuel Johnson , poetry and prose in 11 volumes (another two volumes published in 1787 and another in 1788 )[ 2] Hannah More , Sensibility: A Poetical Epistle , United Kingdom [ 3] Edward Lovibond , Poems on Several Occasions [ 2] Charles Wilkins (translator), Bhagvat-geeta, or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon John Wolcot , writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar":
The Lousiad , Canto 1 (Canto 2 published 1787 , Canto 3 in 1791 , Canto 4 in 1792 , Canto 5 in 1795 )[ 2] Lyric Odes, for the Year 1785 [ 2] Ann Yearsley , Poems, on Several Occasions [ 2]
Works published in other languages
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 13 - Samuel Woodworth (died 1842 ), American author, literary journalist, playwright, librettist and poet[ 5]
March 7 - Alessandro Manzoni (died 1873 ), Italian poet and novelist
April 4 - Bettina von Arnim (died 1859 ), German writer, poet, composer and novelist
April 6 - John Pierpont (died 1866 ), American poet, teacher, lawyer, merchant and Congregational minister
October 18 - Thomas Love Peacock (died 1866 ), English satirical novelist and writer
November 13 - Lady Caroline Lamb , born the Honourable Caroline Ponsonby (died 1828 ), English aristocrat, novelist and poet best known for her affair with Lord Byron
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Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 19 - Zaharije Orfelin (born 1726 ), Serbian educator, administrator , poet, engraver , lexicographer , herbalist , historian, winemaker , translator, editor , publisher , polemicist and traveler
April 14 - William Whitehead (born 1715 ), English poet and playwright
April 26 - Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff (born 1744 ), German
April 27 - Henry Taylor (born 1711 ), Church of England clergyman, author and poet
September 17 - Antoine Léonard Thomas (born 1732 ), French poet
November 25 - Richard Glover (born 1712 ), English poet
December 29 - Johan Herman Wessel (born 1742 ), Norwegian poet
See also
Notes
^ "Paton, Elizabeth" . The Burns Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2014-01-28 .^ a b c d e f g h i Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983 , 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
^ Giovanni Bach, Richard Beck , Adolph B. Benson, Axel Johan Uppvall, and others, translated in part and edited by Frederika Blankner, The History of the Scandinavian Literatures: A Survey of the Literatures of the Norway, Sweden, Denamark, Iceland and Finland From Their Origins to the Present Day, p 179, Dial Press, 1938, New York
^ Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
^ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India , Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7 , retrieved December 10, 2008
^ Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2 Sahitya Akademi , ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9 , retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008
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