1675 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Charles Cotton:
- Burlesque upon Burlesque; or, The Scoffer Scoft, published anonymously^[1]
- The Scoffer Scoft, the second part of the above Burlesque [...]^[1]
Thomas Hobbes, translator, The Odyssey of Homer (the author's translation of the Iliad was published in 1676)^[1]
Richard Leigh, Poems, upon Several Occasions, and, to Several Persons^[1]
Edward Phillips, editorTheatrum Poetarum; or, A Compleat Collection of the Poets of all Ages^[1]

René Le Bossu, Traité du Poeme Epique, a systematic description of epic poetry, based on Aristotle; the book was very favorably received; criticism, France^[2]

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

February – Ignjat Đurđević (died 1737), Croatian poet and translator
February 26 (bapt.) – Abel Evans (died 1737), English clergyman, academic and poet
August 31 – Elizabeth Thomas (died 1731), English poet
September 2 – William Somervile (died 1742), English poet
October 17 (bapt.) – Samuel Cobb (died 1716), English poet
Also:
- Cille Gad (died 1711), Norwegian female poet and academic
- Jamie Macpherson (died 1700), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament
- Vakhtang VI of Kartli (died 1737), Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet

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

April 24 – Pierre Perrin (born 1620), French poet and libretto composer
September 12 – Girolamo Graziani (born 1604), Italian poet
November 14 – Johannes Khuen (born 1606), Bavarian German priest, poet and composer
Also – Emanuele Tesauro (born 1592), Italian rhetorician, dramatist, Marinist poet and historian
Approximate date – William Mercer (born 1605), Scottish poet and army officer

1 2 3 4 5 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
↑ Paul, Harry Gilbert, John Dennis: his life and criticism, page 159, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010

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