1789 in poetry


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   In literature: 1786 1787 1788 -1789- 1790 1791 1792     
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Contents

Events

Works published

Ireland

United Kingdom

  • William Blake,
    • Songs of Innocence, the author's first illuminated book, with 31 relief-etched plates[1]
    • The Book of Thel, with eight relief-etched plates[1]
  • Charlotte Brooke, Reliques of Irish Poetry, anthology[1]
  • Thomas Cary, Abram's Plains, a long poem, the first English poetry published in Canada; private printing in Quebec[2]
  • Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, republished in 1791 as the second part of The Botanic Garden
  • John Ogilvie, The Fane of the Druids[1]
  • Thomas Russell, Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems[1]
  • John Williams, publishing under the pen name "Anthony Pasquin", Poems: by Anthony Pasquin, Irish poet and satirist published in the United Kingdom[1]
  • Mary Wollstonecraft, writing under the pen name "Mr. Cresswick", The Female Reader: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse; selected from the best writers, and disposed under proper heads; for the improvement of young women. By Mr. Cresswick, teacher of elocution. To which is prefixed a preface, containing some hints on female education, London: Joseph Johnson, prose and poetry anthology

Other

Births

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

Deaths

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  2. ^ Tremaine, Marie, and Patricia L. Fleming, A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751-1800: 1751 - 1800, page xxi, University of Toronto Press, 1999, ISBN 9780802042194, retrieved via Google Books, February 8, 2009
  3. ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  4. ^ Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993








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