1752 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for the third time (he won the same prize in 1750 and 1751, and he will win it again in 1753 and 1755).

Works published

United Kingdom

• Moses Browne, The Works and Rest of the Creation^[1]
• John Byrom, Enthusiasm: A poetical essay^[1]
• Richard Owen Cambridge, A Dialogue Between a Member of Parliament and His Servant^[1]
• Thomas Cooke, Pythagoras: An ode, published anonymously^[1]
• Samuel Davies, Miscellaneous Poems, Chiefly on Divine Subjects, previously published in the Virginia Gazette; English Colonial America^[2]
• William Mason, Elfrida: A dramatic poem^[1]
• Christopher Smart, Poems on Several Occasions^[1] (Some criticism of the work by Sir John Hill (1716-1775) later caused Smart to write The Hilliad, a satire on Hill in 1753)
• James Sterling, An Epistle to the Hon. Arthur Dobbs, a verse epistle addressed to a projector who sought the Northwest Passage; the neoclassical-style poem asserts that Britain's future will depend on America; English Colonial America^[2]

Other

• Christoph Martin Wieland, Germany:
  • Spring^[3]
  • Moral Letters in Verse, 12 letters^[3]
  • Art of Love^[3]

Births

Thomas Chatterton's birthplace in Bristol

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

• January 2 – Philip Freneau (died 1832), American "poet of the American Revolution"
• May 14 – Timothy Dwight IV (died 1817), American academic and educator, eighth president of Yale College, Congregationalist minister, theologian, author and poet^[2]
• July 10 – St. George Tucker (died 1827), American lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and Mary^[4]
• October 2 – Joseph Ritson (died 1803), English writer and antiquary
• November 20 – Thomas Chatterton (suicide 1770), English poet and literary forger
• November 23 – Ann Eliza Bleecker (died 1783), American poet and correspondent
• Unknown date – Richard Llwyd (died 1835), Welsh poet and writer
• Approximate date – Edmund Gardner (died 1798), English poet

Deaths

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

• January 1 – Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (born 1689), Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
• October 24 – Christian Falster (born 1690), Danish poet and philologist
• Li E (born 1692), Chinese poet

See also

• 18th century in poetry
• Augustan literature
• Augustan poetry
• List of years in poetry
• Paper War of 1752–1753
• Poetry

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 Thomas, Calvin, A History of German Literature, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1909. books.google.com retrieved December 14, 2009
4. ↑ Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009