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*[[Thomas Cooke (author)|Thomas Cooke]] – ''An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture'' |
*[[Thomas Cooke (author)|Thomas Cooke]] – ''An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture'' |
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*[[John Duncombe (writer)|John Duncombe]] – ''The Feminiad'' |
*[[John Duncombe (writer)|John Duncombe]] – ''[[The Feminiad]]'' |
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*[[Henry Jones (poet)|Henry Jones]] – ''The Relief'' |
*[[Henry Jones (poet)|Henry Jones]] – ''The Relief'' |
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*[[William Whitehead (English poet)|William Whitehead]] – ''Poems'' |
*[[William Whitehead (English poet)|William Whitehead]] – ''Poems'' |
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==Drama== |
==Drama== |
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* [[Samuel Crisp]] – ''[[Virginia (play)|Virginia]]'' |
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*[[David Garrick]] – ''Catharine and Petruchio'' (adapted from ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'') |
*[[David Garrick]] – ''Catharine and Petruchio'' (adapted from ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'') |
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*[[John Gay]] – ''The Rehearsal at Goatham'' |
*[[John Gay]] – ''The Rehearsal at Goatham'' |
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**''The Sheep-Shearing, or Florizel and Perdita'' (a [[farce]] adapted from ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'') |
**''The Sheep-Shearing, or Florizel and Perdita'' (a [[farce]] adapted from ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'') |
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*[[Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon]] – ''Le Triumvirat'' |
*[[Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon]] – ''Le Triumvirat'' |
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* [[William Whitehead (poet)|William Whitehead]] – ''[[Creusa, Queen of Athens]]'' |
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==Births== |
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*[[August 2]] – [[Lady Charlotte Murray]], English writer and botanist (died [[1808 in literature|1808]]) |
*[[August 2]] – [[Lady Charlotte Murray]], English writer and botanist (died [[1808 in literature|1808]]) |
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*[[October 13]] – [[Frances Jacson]], English novelist (died [[1842 in literature|1842]]) |
*[[October 13]] – [[Frances Jacson]], English novelist (died [[1842 in literature|1842]]) |
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*[[December 24]] – [[George Crabbe]], English poet (died [[1832 in literature|1832]]) |
*[[December 24]] – [[George Crabbe]], English poet (died [[1832 in literature|1832]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=George Crabbe|author2=Allan Cunningham|title=George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NC21sAbkWCEC&pg=PR5|year=1863|publisher=Crosby and Nichols|pages=5}}</ref> |
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*''unknown date'' – [[John Caradja]], Greek Prince of Wallachia, translator and theatrical promoter (died [[1844 in literature|1844]]) |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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*[[January 11]] – [[Wu Jingzi]], Chinese scholar and novelist (born [[1701 in literature|1701]]) |
*[[January 11]] – [[Wu Jingzi]], Chinese scholar and novelist (born [[1701 in literature|1701]]) |
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*[[January 28]] – [[Ludvig Holberg]], Norwegian philosopher, historian and playwright (born [[1684 in literature|1684]]) |
*[[January 28]] – [[Ludvig Holberg]], Norwegian philosopher, historian and playwright (born [[1684 in literature|1684]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe (1700-1800)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkOxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA413|date=16 September 2019|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-40283-6|pages=413}}</ref> |
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*[[April 2]] – [[Thomas Carte]], English historian (born [[1686 in literature|1686]]) |
*[[April 2]] – [[Thomas Carte]], English historian (born [[1686 in literature|1686]]) |
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*[[April 9]] – [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]], German philosopher (born [[1679 in literature|1679]]) |
*[[April 9]] – [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]], German philosopher (born [[1679 in literature|1679]]) |
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*[[October 8]] – [[Henry Fielding]] English novelist (born [[1707 in literature|1707]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Claude Julien Rawson|author2=Maynard Mack Professor of English Claude Rawson|title=Henry Fielding (1707-1754): Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Magistrate : a Double Anniversary Tribute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PtZdLahRdYC&pg=PA11|year=2008|publisher=Associated University Presse|isbn=978-0-87413-931-0|pages=11}}</ref> |
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*[[October 8]] – [[Henry Fielding]] English novelist (born [[1707 in literature|1707]]) |
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*[[November 12]] – [[Robert Morris (writer)|Robert Morris]], English architect and writer on architecture (born [[1703 in literature|1703]]) |
*[[November 12]] – [[Robert Morris (writer)|Robert Morris]], English architect and writer on architecture (born [[1703 in literature|1703]]) |
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*''Probable year of death'' – [[Francis Coventry]], English novelist and cleric (born [[1725 in literature|1725]]) |
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==References== |
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1754.
Events
[edit]- January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity (from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip).
- March 2 – Riot at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. Thomas Sheridan, the manager, resigns, and leaves Ireland on September 15 for London[1] where his wife Frances Sheridan meets Samuel Richardson.
- Élie Catherine Fréron's journal Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps is replaced by his Année littéraire.
New books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Jane Collier and Sarah Fielding – The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable
- Mary Davys – The Reformed Coquet; or Memoirs of Amoranda
- Henry Fielding – The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great (enlarged and expanded from the Miscellanies of 1743)
- Solomon Gessner – Daphnis
- Sarah Scott:
- Agreeable Ugliness
- A Journey Through Every Stage of Life
- John Shebbeare – The Marriage Act
Poetry
[edit]- Thomas Cooke – An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture
- John Duncombe – The Feminiad
- Henry Jones – The Relief
- William Whitehead – Poems
Non-fiction
[edit]- Anonymous – Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa and Pamela
- Thomas Birch – Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth
- Charles Bonnet – Essai de psychologie
- John Gilbert Cooper – Letters Concerning Taste
- John Douglas – Letter on the Criterion of Miracles
- John Gillies – Historical Collections Relating to Remarkable Period of the Success of the Gospel
- Zachary Grey – Critical, Historical, and Explanatory Notes on Shakespeare
- Benjamin Hoadly – Sixteen Sermons
- David Hume – The History of England (volume 1)
- William Law – The Second Part of the Spirit of Love
- Isaac Newton (died 1727) – An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (written 1690)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Discourse on Inequality
- Henry St. John – Philosophical Works
- Jonathan Swift
- Brotherly Love
- The Works of Jonathan Swift (the Hawkesworth edition)
- William Warburton – A View of Lord Bolingbroke's Philosophy
- Thomas Warton – Observations on the Faerie Queene of Spenser
Drama
[edit]- Samuel Crisp – Virginia
- David Garrick – Catharine and Petruchio (adapted from The Taming of the Shrew)
- John Gay – The Rehearsal at Goatham
- Macnamara Morgan:
- Philoclea (from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia)
- The Sheep-Shearing, or Florizel and Perdita (a farce adapted from The Winter's Tale)
- Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon – Le Triumvirat
- William Whitehead – Creusa, Queen of Athens
Births
[edit]- March 24 – Joel Barlow, American poet and diplomat (died 1812)
- May 23 – William Drennan, Irish physician, poet, radical and educationalist (died 1820)
- July 11 – Thomas Bowdler, English editor (died 1825)
- August 2 – Lady Charlotte Murray, English writer and botanist (died 1808)
- October 13 – Frances Jacson, English novelist (died 1842)
- December 24 – George Crabbe, English poet (died 1832)[2]
- unknown date – John Caradja, Greek Prince of Wallachia, translator and theatrical promoter (died 1844)
Deaths
[edit]- January 11 – Wu Jingzi, Chinese scholar and novelist (born 1701)
- January 28 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian philosopher, historian and playwright (born 1684)[3]
- April 2 – Thomas Carte, English historian (born 1686)
- April 9 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher (born 1679)
- October 8 – Henry Fielding English novelist (born 1707)[4]
- November 12 – Robert Morris, English architect and writer on architecture (born 1703)
References
[edit]- ^ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- ^ George Crabbe; Allan Cunningham (1863). George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales. Crosby and Nichols. p. 5.
- ^ Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe (1700-1800). BRILL. 16 September 2019. p. 413. ISBN 978-90-04-40283-6.
- ^ Claude Julien Rawson; Maynard Mack Professor of English Claude Rawson (2008). Henry Fielding (1707-1754): Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Magistrate : a Double Anniversary Tribute. Associated University Presse. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-87413-931-0.