1711 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).

Works published

• Sir Richard Blackmore, published anonymously, The Nature of Man^[1]
• John Dryden, translator, Metamorphoses, translated from the Latin original of Ovid^[2]
• William King, An Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes^[1]
• Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
• Jonathan Swift, editor, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, anthology, including 25 works by Swift
• Edward Ward, The Life and Notable Adventures of that Renown'd Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (originally published in six monthly parts, 1710–1711)^[1]
• James Watson (Scottish editor), editor, Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, Edinburgh (published from 1706 to 1711)^[3]

Births

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

• January 15 – Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (died 1740), German
• March 22 – Samuel Gotthold Lange (died 1781), German
• April 10 – John Gambold (died 1771), Welsh-born religious poet and bishop of the Moravian Church.
• May – Henry Taylor (died 1785), Church of England clergyman, religious writer and poet
• May 18 – Ruđer Bošković (died 1787), Ragusan polymath and poet
• October 17 – Jupiter Hammon (died sometime before 1806), English Colonial African American

Deaths

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

• March 13 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (born 1636), French poet and critic
• September 4 – John Caryll (born 1625), exiled English poet, dramatist, and diplomat
• Cille Gad (born 1675), Norwegian female poet and scholar, of plague

See also

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

Notes

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
2. Mark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p 240, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")
3. "Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)", article, The Burns Encyclopedia, online edition, retrieved July 1, 2009. Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite 2009-07-21.

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