1738 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Events

Mark Akenside, A British Philippic, published anonymously
John Banks, Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose
Mather Byles, On the Death of the Queen, English, Colonial America
Elizabeth Carter, Poems Upon Particular Occasions, published anonymously
Robert Dodsley, The Art of Preaching, published anonymously
John Gay, Fables: Volume the Second
Samuel Johnson, London, A Poem, on the Third Satire of Juvenal
Alexander Pope:
* The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated
* The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated
* One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight
* One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight: Dialogue II
* The Universal Prayer
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Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, An Imitation of the Sixth Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Pope's contribution was anonymous; Part 1, by Swift, had previously appeared in Miscellanies, "The Last Volume" 1727
Jonathan Swift, "The Beasts' Confession"
* and Alexander Pope, An Imitation of the Sixth Satire of the Second Book of Horace
James Thomson, The Works of Mr. Thomson
John Wesley, ''A Collection of Psalms and Hymns''

Johann Jakob Bodmer, Critical Disquisition on the Wonderful in Poetry, a defense of John Milton; German-language, Switzerland

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February 9 ' - Mary Whateley, English poet and playwright
May 9 - John Wolcot, English satirist and poet
May 27 - Moritz August von Thümmel, German humorist and satirical author
June 5 ' - Erika Liebman, Swedish poet and academic
June 16 - Johann Christoph Krauseneck, German composer and poet
November 8 - Barbara Catharina Mjödh, Swedish poet
December 4 - Karl Friedrich Kretschmann, German poet, playwright and storyteller
Approximate date - Edward Thompson, English Royal Navy officer and poet

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