1711 in poetry
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Works published
- Sir Richard Blackmore, published anonymously, The Nature of Man[1]
- John Dryden, translator, Metamorphoses, translated from the Latin original of Ovid[2]
- William King, An Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes[1]
- Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
- Jonathan Swift, editor, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, anthology, including 25 works by Swift
- Edward Ward, The Life and Notable Adventures of that Renown'd Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (originally published in six monthly parts, 1710â1711)[1]
- James Watson (Scottish editor), editor, Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, Edinburgh (published from 1706 to 1711)[3]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 15 â Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (died 1740), German
- March 22 â Samuel Gotthold Lange (died 1781), German
- April 10 â John Gambold (died 1771), Welsh-born religious poet and bishop of the Moravian Church.
- May â Henry Taylor (died 1785), Church of England clergyman, religious writer and poet
- May 18 â RuÄer BoÅ¡koviÄ (died 1787), Ragusan polymath and poet
- October 17 â Jupiter Hammon (died sometime before 1806), English Colonial African American
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 13 â Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (born 1636), French poet and critic
- September 4 â John Caryll (born 1625), exiled English poet, dramatist, and diplomat
- Cille Gad (born 1675), Norwegian female poet and scholar, of plague