1675 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1675 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- Guru Gobind Singh becomes guru at the age of nine years
Works published
- Charles Cotton:
- Burlesque upon Burlesque; or, The Scoffer Scoft, published anonymously[1]
- The Scoffer Scoft, the second part of the above Burlesque [...][1]
- Thomas Hobbes, translator, The Odyssey of Homer (the author's translation of the Iliad was published in 1676)[1]
- Richard Leigh, Poems, upon Several Occasions, and, to Several Persons[1]
- Edward Phillips, editorTheatrum Poetarum; or, A Compleat Collection of the Poets of all Ages[1]
Other
- René Le Bossu, Traité du Poeme Epique, a systematic description of epic poetry, based on Aristotle; the book was very favorably received; criticism, France[2]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February – Ignjat Đurđević (died 1737), Croatian poet and translator
- February 26 (bapt.) – Abel Evans (died 1737), English clergyman, academic and poet
- August 31 – Elizabeth Thomas (died 1731), English poet
- September 2 – William Somervile (died 1742), English poet
- October 17 (bapt.) – Samuel Cobb (died 1716), English poet
- Also:
- Cille Gad (died 1711), Norwegian female poet and academic
- Jamie Macpherson (died 1700), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament
- Vakhtang VI of Kartli (died 1737), Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 24 – Pierre Perrin (born 1620), French poet and libretto composer
- September 12 – Girolamo Graziani (born 1604), Italian poet
- November 14 – Johannes Khuen (born 1606), Bavarian German priest, poet and composer
- Also – Emanuele Tesauro (born 1592), Italian rhetorician, dramatist, Marinist poet and historian
- Approximate date – William Mercer (born 1605), Scottish poet and army officer
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Paul, Harry Gilbert, John Dennis: his life and criticism, page 159, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
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