1768 in poetry
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Colonial America
- John DickinsonJohn DickinsonJohn Dickinson may refer to:* John Dickinson , lawyer, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, signer of U.S. Constitution, and namesake of Dickinson College* John D. Dickinson , lawyer and U.S...
, "A Song for American Freedom (Liberty Song)" - Elizabeth Graeme FergusonElizabeth Graeme FergusonElizabeth Graeme Ferguson was an American poet and writer.Born to a wealthy family, her youth was spent at the family estate of Graeme Park outside Philadelphia. She was engaged to William Franklin, the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, about 1757, but they were never married because of...
, "The Dream of the Patriotic Philosophical Farmer", political verse advocating an American embargo on British goods, Colonial America - Milcah Martha Moore, "The Female Patriots. Address'd to the Daughters of Liberty in America, 1768", Colonial America
- Phillis WheatleyPhillis WheatleyPhillis Wheatley was the first African American poet and first African-American woman whose writings were published. Born in Gambia, Senegal, she was sold into slavery at age seven...
writes "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty," in which she praised George III for repealing the Stamp ActStamp ActA stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents, making them legal documents. The taxes raised under a stamp act are called stamp duty. This system of taxation was first devised...
. Wheatley would later become a strong supporter of the American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionThe American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
. - "The Liberty Song" appears on July 16 in the Boston Gazette, called "probably the first American patriotic song"
United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Isaac Hawkins BrowneIsaac Hawkins Browne (poet)Isaac Hawkins Browne is remembered as the author of some clever imitations of contemporary poets on the theme of A Pipe of Tobacco, somewhat analogous to the Rejected Addresses of a later day...
, the elder, Poems Upon Various Subjects, Latin and English, edited by Isaac Hawkins BrowneIsaac Hawkins Browne (coalowner)Isaac Hawkins Browne was a British Tory politician, industrialist, essayist, and a lord of the manor of Badger, Shropshire.-Family and education:...
, the younger - Thomas GrayThomas GrayThomas Gray was a poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.-Early life and education:...
, Poems by Mr Gray, including "The Fatal Sisters", "The Descent of Odin", "The Triumphs of Owen" but not "A Long Story" - Richard JagoRichard JagoRichard Jago was an English poet. He was the third son of Richard Jago, Rector of Beaudesert, Warwickshire.-Education:Jago was educated at Solihull School in the West Midlands. One of the school's five houses bears his name...
, Labour and Genius; or, The Mill-Stream, and the Cascade - Lady Mary Montagu, Poetical Works
- Henry James PyeHenry James PyeHenry James Pye was an English poet. Pye was Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death. He was the first poet laureate to receive a fixed salary of £27 instead of the historic tierce of Canary wine Henry James Pye (20 February 1745 – 11 August 1813) was an English poet. Pye was Poet Laureate...
, Elegies on Different Occasions, published anonymously - Alexander RossAlexander RossAlexander Ross is the name of:* Alexander Ross , vicar; Scottish author of Medicus Medicatus* Alexander Ross , British civil servant in India* Alexander Milton Ross , Canadian abolitionist...
, The Fortunate Sheperdess - Christopher SmartChristopher SmartChristopher Smart , also known as "Kit Smart", "Kitty Smart", and "Jack Smart", was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout...
, The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - William WilkieWilliam WilkieWilliam Wilkie was a Scottish poet. The son of a farmer, he was born in West Lothian and educated at Edinburgh. In 1757 he published the Epigoniad, dealing with the Epigoni, sons of the seven heroes who fought against Thebes. He also wrote Moral Fables in Verse. In 1756 he entered the Church,...
, Fables
Others
- Ephraim Luzzato, Ele Bene Hane'urim ("These Are the Sons of One's Youth"), Hebrew poetryHebrew poetryHebrew poetry is poetry written in the Hebrew language. It encompasses such things as:* Biblical poetry, the poetry found in the poetic books of the Hebrew Bible* Piyyut, religious Jewish liturgical poetry in Hebrew or Aramaic...
published in London in an edition of 100 copies; more than 50 poems, mostly sonnets in quantitative-syllabic meters; many subsequent editions and influential among Hebrew poets of the HaskalahHaskalahHaskalah , the Jewish Enlightenment, was a movement among European Jews in the 18th–19th centuries that advocated adopting enlightenment values, pressing for better integration into European society, and increasing education in secular studies, Hebrew language, and Jewish history...
("Enlightenment") movement in the 19th century.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- William Shepherd (poet)
- November 18 – Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (died 18231823 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published in English:* Robert Bloomfield, Hazelwood Hall, verse drama...
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Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- August 17 (N. S.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, RussianRussian literatureRussian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés, and to the Russian-language literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the Soviet Union...
poet (born 17031703 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions* William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony* Daniel Defoe:...
) - December 20 – Carlo Innocenzio Maria FrugoniCarlo Innocenzio Maria FrugoniCarlo Innocenzo Frugoni was an Italian poet and librettist. As a poet Frugoni was one of the best of the school of the Arcadian Academy, and his lyrics and pastorals had great facility and elegance...
, ItalianItalian literatureItalian literature is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian....
poet (born 16921692 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Richard Ames:** The Double Descent, published anonymously** The Jacobite Conventicle, published anonymously...
) - Thomas Mozeen
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry18th century in poetry-Decades and years:...
- 18th century in literature18th century in literatureSee also: 18th century in poetry, 17th century in literature, other events of the 18th century, 19th century in literature, list of years in literature.Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the 18th century....
- French literature of the 18th centuryFrench literature of the 18th century18th-century French literature is French literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798, the year of the coup d’État of Bonaparte which brought the Consulate to power, concluded the French Revolution, and began the modern era of French history...
- Sturm und DrangSturm und DrangSturm und Drang is a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism...
(the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s - List of years in poetry
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...