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[[File:Death room robert burns.jpg|right|thumb|The death room of [[Robert Burns]]]] |
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* July 21 – Death of the [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] national poet, [[Robert Burns]] ("Rabbie Burns", "Scotland's favourite son", "the Ploughman Poet", "the Bard (of Ayrshire)"), in [[Dumfries]], at the age of 37. His funeral takes place on July 25 while his wife, [[Jean Armour|Jean]], is in labour with their ninth child together, Maxwell. Burns is at first buried in the far corner of St. Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries. The volume of ''The [[Scots Musical Museum]]'' published this year includes his versions of the [[Scots language|Scots]] poem "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" and "[[Charlie Is My Darling (song)|Charlie Is My Darling]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Burns|url= |
* July 21 – Death of the [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] national poet, [[Robert Burns]] ("Rabbie Burns", "Scotland's favourite son", "the Ploughman Poet", "the Bard (of Ayrshire)"), in [[Dumfries]], at the age of 37. His funeral (with honours as a [[military volunteer]]) takes place on July 25 while his wife, [[Jean Armour|Jean]], is in labour with their ninth child together, Maxwell. Burns is at first buried in the far corner of St. Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries. The volume of ''The [[Scots Musical Museum]]'' published this year includes his versions of the [[Scots language|Scots]] poem "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" and "[[Charlie Is My Darling (song)|Charlie Is My Darling]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Burns|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2012-01-26}}</ref> |
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==Works published in English== |
==Works published in English== |
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* [[Mary Matilda Betham]], ''Elegies, and Other Small Poems''<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6}}</ref> |
* [[Mary Matilda Betham]], ''Elegies, and Other Small Poems''<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref> |
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* [[William Lisle Bowles]], ''Hope''<ref name=cocel/> |
* [[William Lisle Bowles]], ''Hope''<ref name=cocel/> |
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* Sir [[James Burges]], ''The Birth and Triumph of Love''<ref name=cocel/> |
* Sir [[James Burges]], ''The Birth and Triumph of Love''<ref name=cocel/> |
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* [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]: |
* [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]: |
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** ''Ode on the Departing Year''<ref name=cocel/> |
** ''Ode on the Departing Year''<ref name=cocel/> |
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** ''Poems on Various Subjects''<ref name=cocel/> including "[[Lines Written at Shurton Bars]]", the first full publication of "[[Religious Musings]]" and a revised version of "[[Monody on the Death of Chatterton]]" |
** ''[[Poems on Various Subjects]]''<ref name=cocel/> including "[[Lines Written at Shurton Bars]]", the first full publication of "[[Religious Musings]]" and a revised version of "[[Monody on the Death of Chatterton]]" |
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* [[M. G. Lewis]], published anonymously, ''Village Virtues''<ref name=cocel/> |
* [[M. G. Lewis]], published anonymously, ''Village Virtues''<ref name=cocel/> |
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* Sir [[Walter Scott]], ''The Chase, and William and Helen'', translation (published anonymously) from the [[German poetry|German]] of [[Gottfried August Burger]]'s ''Der Wilde Jager'' and ''[[Lenore (ballad)|Lenora]]''<ref name=cocel/> (See William Taylor, below) |
* Sir [[Walter Scott]], ''The Chase, and William and Helen'', translation (published anonymously) from the [[German poetry|German]] of [[Gottfried August Burger]]'s ''Der Wilde Jager'' and ''[[Lenore (ballad)|Lenora]]''<ref name=cocel/> (See William Taylor, below) |
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* [[Robert Southey]]: |
* [[Robert Southey]]: |
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**''[[Joan of Arc (poem)|Joan of Arc]]''<ref name=cocel/> |
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** ''Poems'', partly a reprint of poems originally published in [[1795 in poetry|1795]] and partly new works,<ref name=cocel/> including "[[After Blenheim]]" (see also ''Poems'' [[1799 in poetry|1799]] and ''Minor Poems'' [[1813 in poetry|1813]]<ref name=cocel/>) |
** ''Poems'', partly a reprint of poems originally published in [[1795 in poetry|1795]] and partly new works,<ref name=cocel/> including "[[After Blenheim]]" (see also ''Poems'' [[1799 in poetry|1799]] and ''Minor Poems'' [[1813 in poetry|1813]]<ref name=cocel/>) |
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* [[William Taylor (man of letters)|William Taylor]], ''Ellenore'', translation (published anonymously) from the [[German poetry|German]] of [[Gottfried August Burger]]'s ''[[Lenore (ballad)|Lenora]]'')<ref name=cocel/> (see Sir Walter Scott, above) |
* [[William Taylor (man of letters)|William Taylor]], ''Ellenore'', translation (published anonymously) from the [[German poetry|German]] of [[Gottfried August Burger]]'s ''[[Lenore (ballad)|Lenora]]'')<ref name=cocel/> (see Sir Walter Scott, above) |
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* [[William Cliffton]], ''The Group; or, An Elegant Representation'', political verses defending [[Jay's Treaty]] and a satire on common people ignorantly discussing politics<ref name=dbcal>Burt, Daniel S., [https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ0fgo5v6e0C ''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</ref> |
* [[William Cliffton]], ''The Group; or, An Elegant Representation'', political verses defending [[Jay's Treaty]] and a satire on common people ignorantly discussing politics<ref name=dbcal>Burt, Daniel S., [https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ0fgo5v6e0C ''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</ref> |
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* [[Lemuel Hopkins]], "The Guillotina; or, A Democratic Dirge", a New Year's poem praising [[George Washington]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]] while attacking [[Thomas Jefferson]] and his party<ref name=dbcal/> |
* [[Lemuel Hopkins]], "The Guillotina; or, A Democratic Dirge", a New Year's poem praising [[George Washington]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]] while attacking [[Thomas Jefferson]] and his party<ref name=dbcal/> |
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* John Blair Linn, ''The Poetical Wanderer''<ref name=rmlaal>Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press</ref> |
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* [[Thomas Morris (British Army officer)|Thomas Morris]], ''Quashy; or, The Coal-Black Maid'', the author's most notable poem, describing the life of a black slave in [[Martinique]] and criticizing the British and French systems of slavery<ref name=dbcal/> |
* [[Thomas Morris (British Army officer)|Thomas Morris]], ''Quashy; or, The Coal-Black Maid'', the author's most notable poem, describing the life of a black slave in [[Martinique]] and criticizing the British and French systems of slavery<ref name=dbcal/> |
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* [[Robert Treat Paine, Jr.]], ''The Ruling Passion''<ref name=dbcal/> |
* [[Robert Treat Paine, Jr.]], ''The Ruling Passion''<ref name=dbcal/> |
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* Isaac Story, "All the World's a Stage", published under the [[pen name]] "The Stranger", blank verse; includes popular satirical sketches<ref name=dbcal/> |
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* [[St. George Tucker]], ''The Probationary Odes of Jonathan Pindar'', popular book of anti-Federalist satires on [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[John Adams]] and others; written in the style of [[John Wolcot]], who wrote under the [[pen name]] "Peter Pindar"; first published in [[1793 in poetry|1793]] in ''The National Gazette'', which was edited by [[Philip Freneau]], so the poems have been wrongly attributed to Freneau.<ref name=dbcal/> |
* [[St. George Tucker]], ''The Probationary Odes of Jonathan Pindar'', popular book of anti-Federalist satires on [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[John Adams]] and others; written in the style of [[John Wolcot]], who wrote under the [[pen name]] "Peter Pindar"; first published in [[1793 in poetry|1793]] in ''The National Gazette'', which was edited by [[Philip Freneau]], so the poems have been wrongly attributed to Freneau.<ref name=dbcal/> |
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* February 17 – [[James Macpherson]] (born [[1736 in poetry|1736]]), [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] poet, writer, literary collector and politician |
* February 17 – [[James Macpherson]] (born [[1736 in poetry|1736]]), [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] poet, writer, literary collector and politician |
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* February 25 – [[Samuel Seabury (bishop)|Samuel Seabury]] (born [[1729 in poetry|1729]]), [[American poetry|American]] Episcopal bishop and poet<ref name="dbcal"/> |
* February 25 – [[Samuel Seabury (bishop)|Samuel Seabury]] (born [[1729 in poetry|1729]]), [[American poetry|American]] Episcopal bishop and poet<ref name="dbcal"/> |
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* May 3 – [[Robert Lovell]] (born [[1771 in poetry|1771]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet |
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* May 12 – [[Johann Uz]] (born [[1720 in poetry|1720]]), [[German poetry|German]] poet |
* May 12 – [[Johann Uz]] (born [[1720 in poetry|1720]]), [[German poetry|German]] poet |
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* July 21 – [[Robert Burns]] (born [[1759 in poetry|1759]]), [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] poet and lyricist |
* July 21 – [[Robert Burns]] (born [[1759 in poetry|1759]]), [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] poet and lyricist |
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* December 24 – [[John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn]] (born [[1734 in poetry|1734]]), [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] judge and poet |
* December 24 – [[John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn]] (born [[1734 in poetry|1734]]), [[Poetry of Scotland|Scottish]] judge and poet |
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* [[John Codrington Bampfylde]] (born [[1754 in poetry|1754]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet |
* [[John Codrington Bampfylde]] (born [[1754 in poetry|1754]]), [[English poetry|English]] poet |
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* Thomas Cole (born c.1726/7), [[English poetry|English]] rural poet |
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
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- July 21 – Death of the Scottish national poet, Robert Burns ("Rabbie Burns", "Scotland's favourite son", "the Ploughman Poet", "the Bard (of Ayrshire)"), in Dumfries, at the age of 37. His funeral (with honours as a military volunteer) takes place on July 25 while his wife, Jean, is in labour with their ninth child together, Maxwell. Burns is at first buried in the far corner of St. Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries. The volume of The Scots Musical Museum published this year includes his versions of the Scots poem "Auld Lang Syne" and "Charlie Is My Darling".[1]
Works published in English
[edit]- Mary Matilda Betham, Elegies, and Other Small Poems[2]
- William Lisle Bowles, Hope[2]
- Sir James Burges, The Birth and Triumph of Love[2]
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
- Ode on the Departing Year[2]
- Poems on Various Subjects[2] including "Lines Written at Shurton Bars", the first full publication of "Religious Musings" and a revised version of "Monody on the Death of Chatterton"
- M. G. Lewis, published anonymously, Village Virtues[2]
- Sir Walter Scott, The Chase, and William and Helen, translation (published anonymously) from the German of Gottfried August Burger's Der Wilde Jager and Lenora[2] (See William Taylor, below)
- Robert Southey:
"But what good came of it at last?"
Quoth little Peterkin.
"Why that I cannot tell," said he,
"But 'twas a famous victory."
Closing lines of After Blenheim by Robert Southey
- William Taylor, Ellenore, translation (published anonymously) from the German of Gottfried August Burger's Lenora)[2] (see Sir Walter Scott, above)
- Ann Yearsley, The Rural Lyre
- Joel Barlow. The Hasty Pudding, a mock epic on the virtues of cornmeal mush, written in France; it became Barlow's most popular work[3]
- William Cliffton, The Group; or, An Elegant Representation, political verses defending Jay's Treaty and a satire on common people ignorantly discussing politics[4]
- Lemuel Hopkins, "The Guillotina; or, A Democratic Dirge", a New Year's poem praising George Washington and Alexander Hamilton while attacking Thomas Jefferson and his party[4]
- John Blair Linn, The Poetical Wanderer[5]
- Thomas Morris, Quashy; or, The Coal-Black Maid, the author's most notable poem, describing the life of a black slave in Martinique and criticizing the British and French systems of slavery[4]
- Robert Treat Paine, Jr., The Ruling Passion[4]
- Isaac Story, "All the World's a Stage", published under the pen name "The Stranger", blank verse; includes popular satirical sketches[4]
- St. George Tucker, The Probationary Odes of Jonathan Pindar, popular book of anti-Federalist satires on Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and others; written in the style of John Wolcot, who wrote under the pen name "Peter Pindar"; first published in 1793 in The National Gazette, which was edited by Philip Freneau, so the poems have been wrongly attributed to Freneau.[4]
Works published in other languages
[edit]- Johann von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, Musenalmanach für das Jahr 1797, published in October, including hundreds of epigrams, both cuttingly satirical (Xenien) and "tame" (zahm), constructive general comments on literature and art:
- Xenien, 414 satirical epigrams targeting critics but with a broader aim of denouncing narrow-mindedness and poor-thinking among intellectuals, with each epigram a classical distich composed of a hexameter and pentameter; published in October in Musenalmanach für das Jahr 1797; principal critics targeted were L. H. Jakob, J. K. F. Manso, and F. Nicolai; deep offense and bitter reaction resulted[6]
- Tabulae votivae, 124 "tame" distichs organized into 103 tabulae[6]
- Vielen, 18 "tame" distichs[6]
- Einer, 19 "tame" distichs presented as a single, continuous poem[6]
- J. H. Voss, Homers Werke, one of the most widely read German translations of Homer[6]
Births
[edit]Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 15 – Charlotte Caroline Richardson (died 1854), English
- June 14 – Mathilda d'Orozco (died 1863), Swedish, originally Spanish-Italian
- July 26 – Christian Winther (died 1876), Danish poet and tutor[7]
- September 19 – Hartley Coleridge (died 1849), English writer and poet, eldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- October – John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, (died 1828), American lawyer, editor and poet
- October 24 – August Graf von Platen (died 1835), German
- Eliza Dunlop (died 1880), Irish-born Australian poet, translator and ethnographer
Deaths
[edit]Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 17 – James Macpherson (born 1736), Scottish poet, writer, literary collector and politician
- February 25 – Samuel Seabury (born 1729), American Episcopal bishop and poet[4]
- May 3 – Robert Lovell (born 1771), English poet
- May 12 – Johann Uz (born 1720), German poet
- July 21 – Robert Burns (born 1759), Scottish poet and lyricist
- December 24 – John Maclaurin, Lord Dreghorn (born 1734), Scottish judge and poet
- John Codrington Bampfylde (born 1754), English poet
- Thomas Cole (born c.1726/7), English rural poet
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ "Robert Burns". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993
- ^ a b c d e f g 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
- ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ a b c d e Garland, Henry and Mary, "Xenien" article, p 963, The Oxford Companion to German Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications