1733 in poetry
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Works published
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- Anonymous, Verses Address'd to the Imitator of the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, "By a lady", has been attributed to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
- John Banks, Poems on Several Occasions
- Samuel Bowden, Poetical Essays on Several Occasions, Volume 1
- James Bramston, The Man of Taste, response to Alexander Pope's Epistle to Burlington 1731
- John Durant Breval, writing under the pen name "Joseph Gay", Morality in Vice: An heroi-comical poem, republished this year as The Lure of Venus
- Mary Chandler, A Description of Bath
- Thomas Fitzgerald, Poems on Several Occasions
- Matthew Green, writing under the pen name "Peter Drake", The Grotto
- James Hammond, An Elegy to a Young Lady, in the Manner of Ovid, published anonymously
- John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, An Epistle from a Nobleman to a Doctor of Divinity, published anonymously
- George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, Advice to a Lady, published anonymously
- David Mallet, Of Verbal Criticism: An epistle to Mr. Pope
- Mary Masters, Poems on Several Occasions
- Thomas Newcomb, The Woman of Taste, published anonymously, but "attribution to Newcomb is probable", according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature
- Alexander Pope:
- * Of the Use of Riches: An Epistle to Lord Bathurst, published this year, although the book states "1732"
- * The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, with parallel English and Latin texts
- * An Essay on Man, Epistles 1-3,
- * The Impertinent; or, A Visit to the Court, published anonymously
- Elizabeth Rowe, Letters Moral and Entertaining, in Prose and Verse
- Jonathan Swift:
- * The Life and Genuine Character of Doctor Swift
- * On Poetry: A Rhapsody, published anonymously
Other
- Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Ver-Vert, about a parrot at a convent who shocks listeners with his bad language ; France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 12 - Antoine-Marin Lemierre, French poet and playwright
- March 18 - Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German writer, publisher, critic, author of satirical novels, regional historian, and a key figure of the Enlightenment in Berlin
- September 5 - Christoph Martin Wieland, German poet, translator and editor
- Isaac Bickerstaffe, Irish poet and playwright
- Robert Lloyd, English poet and satirist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Bernard Mandeville, English philosopher, political economist, poet and satirist
- John Morgan died 1733 or 1734, Welsh clergyman, scholar and poet
- Richard Lewis, English Colonial American