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1718 in literature
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The year
1718 in literature
involved some significant events and new books.
Contents
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Events
2
New books
3
New drama
4
Births
5
Deaths
Events
The Freethinker
(newspaper) is founded by
Ambrose Philips
and
Hugh Boulter
.
Laurence Eusden
becomes
Poet Laureate
of Great Britain.
Voltaire
is released from the
Bastille
, while
Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal
, begins a two-year sentence.
Ludvig Holberg
becomes a professor at the
University of Copenhagen
.
New books
Joseph Addison
Poems on Several Occasions
The Resurrection
Nicholas Amhurst
-
Protestant Popery; or, The Convocation
(part of the
Bangorian Controversy
)
Daniel Defoe
(attr.) -
A Vindication of the Press
Charles Gildon
-
The Complete Art of Poetry
Mary Hearne
-
The Lover's Week
Simon Ockley
-
The History of the Saracens
, volume 2
Richardson Pack
-
Miscellanies in Verse and Prose
Ambrose Philips
-
The Free-Thinker
(periodical)
Alexander Pope
-
The Iliad of Homer
iv
Thomas Purney
-
The Cevalier de St. George
Allan Ramsay
-
Christ's Kirk on the Green
(revised version)
John Ray
-
Philosophical Letters
John Strype
-
The Life and Acts of John Witgift
John Toland
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Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile and Mahometan Christianity
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
-
Remains of the Earl of Rochester
New drama
Charles Beckingham
-
Scipio Africanus
John Durant Breval
-
The Play is the Plot
Susanna Centlivre
-
A Bold Stroke for a Wife
Colley Cibber
-
The Non-Juror
Charles Molloy
-
The Coquet, or the English Chevalier
Richard Savage
-
Love in a Veil
Elkanah Settle
&
Lewis Theobald
-
The Lady's Triumph
Lewis Theobald
Orestes
(opera)
Pan and Syrinx
(opera)
Voltaire
-
Oedipe
Births
February 18
Søren Abildgaard
, Danish naturalist, author and artist (died
1791
)
Robert Henry
, Scottish historian (died
1790
)
April 7
-
Hugh Blair
, Scottish rhetorician (died
1800
)
May 16
-
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
, philosopher (died
1799
)
July 18
-
Saverio Bettinelli
, Italian Jesuit writer (died
1808
)
Deaths
April 27
–
Jacques Bernard
, French theologian (b.
1658
)
July 28
–
Étienne Baluze
, French scholar (b.
1630
)
December 9
-
Vincenzo Coronelli
(born
1674
)
date unknown
Gaspard Abeille
, French lyric and tragic poet (b.
1648
)
Richard Cumberland
, philosopher (b.
1631
)
Jonas Danilssønn Ramus
, Norwegian historian (b.
1649
)
Nicholas Rowe
, English dramatist (b.
1674
)
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