1679 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- December 18 - Rose Alley ambuscade: English poet John Dryden is set upon by three assailants in London, thought to have been instigated by the Earl of Rochester in retaliation for an attack on "want of wit" in his poetry in The Essay on Satire.
Works published
- Abraham Cowley, A Poem on the late Civil War
- "Ephelia", a pen name, possibly Joan Philips, Female Poems on Several Occasions, published in an expanded edition in 1682 with new material — possibly all the new material — by other poets, including John Wilmot, earl of Rochester
- Benjamin Keach, Garnets Ghost
- John Oldham:
- * Garnets Ghost
- * A Satyr Against Vertue, published anonymously
- John Phillips, Jockey's Downfall: A poem on the late total defeat given to the Scottish Covenanters
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
- * Artemisa to Cloe. A Letter from a Lady in the Town, to a Lady in the Country; Concerning The Loves of the Town By a Person of Quality, a broadside, London
- * A Letter from Artemiza in the Town, to Chloë in the Country, written anonymously "By a Person of Honour", a broadside, London
- * A Satyr Against Mankind, written anonymously "By a Person of Honour", a broadside, London
- * Upon Nothing. A Poem. By a Person of Honour, a broadside, London
- * A Very Heroical Epistle from My Lord All-Pride to Dol-Common, London
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 4 - Roger Wolcott, English Colonial American, governor of Connecticut and poet
- September 11 - Thomas Parnell, Irish poet and clergyman, member of the Scriblerus Club
- Approximate date - Penelope Aubin, English novelist and translator
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 5 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch writer considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century
- May 19 - Jacques Cassagne, French clergyman, poet and moralist.
- July 30 - Robert Wild, English clergyman and poet
- November 4 - Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English poet
- Also:
- * Nicolaes Borremans, Dutch Remonstrant preacher, poet and editor
- * Václav František Kocmánek, Czech poet, author and historian