1721 in poetry

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

Events

Works published

• Joseph Addison, The Works of Joseph Addison, edited by Thomas Tickell^[1]
• Alexander Pennecuik, An Ancient Prophecy Concerning Stock-Jobbing, and the Conduct of the Directors of the South-Sea-Company^[1]
• Thomas Parnell, Night-Piece on Death
• Matthew Prior, Colin's Mistakes, published anonymously^[1] (died this year)
• Allan Ramsay, Poems^[2]
• Jonathan Swift:
  • The Bubble^[1]
  • Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
• Thomas Tickell, Kensington Garden, published anonymously this year, although the book states "1722" (see also Joseph Addison, above)

Births

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

• July 9 – Johann Nikolaus Götz (died 1781), German poet
• September 17 – Johann Adolf Schlegel (died 1793), German
• November 9 – Mark Akenside (died 1770), British poet
• December 25 – William Collins (died 1759), English poet
• James Grainger
• Tobias Smollett (died 1771), Scottish poet and author
• William Wilkie (died 1772), Scottish poet

Deaths

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

• September 18 – Matthew Prior (born 1664), English poet^[3] (see "Works", above)
• February 24 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (born 1648), English statesman and poet
• date not known – Rupa Bhavani (born 1621), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet

See also

Poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• Augustan poetry
• Scriblerus Club

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
2. ^ "Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)", article, The Burns Encyclopedia, online edition, retrieved July 1, 2009
3. ^ Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328

• [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

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