1782 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1782 in poetry

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Events

August 18 - English poet and artist William Blake marries Catherine Boucher at St Mary's Church, Battersea. In the same year, he meets his future patron, John Flaxman.

William Cowper
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin, published anonymously in the Public Advertiser on November 14 (published with The Task 1785)^[1]
- Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk
- Poems (see also Poems 1815)^[1]
John Freeth, Modern Songs, on Various Subjects^[1]
William Hayley, An Essay on Epic Poetry in Five Epistles to Mason^[1]
William Mason:
- An Archaeological Epistle to Jeremiah Milles ... Editor of a Superb Edition of the Poems of Thomas Rowley, attributed to Mason; written in the Rowleian dialect (see Thomas Chatterton's Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written ... by Thomas Rowley 1777)^[1]
- King Stephen's Watch^[1]
Hannah More, Sacred Dramas, Chiefly intended for Young Persons, published anonymously, went through 24 editions by 1829^[1]
Edward Rushton, The Dismember'd Empire, published anonymously; attribution uncertain^[1]
John Scott, The Poetical Works of John Scott^[1]
John Walters, Translated Specimens of Welsh Poetry
Joseph Warton, Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 (Volume 1 published in 1756), criticism
Helen Maria Williams, Edwin and Eltruda^[1]
John Wolcot writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Lyric Odes, to the Royal Academicians (see also More Lyric Odes 1783)^[1]

Jacques Delille, Les Jardins ("The Gardens"), France^[2]
John Trumbull, M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem in Four Cantos,^[3] a satirical poem about American Tories during the American Revolution, is published in completed form (first two cantos published in 1778), United States^[4]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Die Fischerin (Singspiel, including "Der Erlkönig"), Germany

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
^ France, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 226, New York: Oxford University Press (1995) ISBN 0-19-866125-8
^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
^ Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993

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