1765 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1765 in poetry

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Events

October 10 – Samuel Johnson's edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare is published in London after ten years in the making.^[1]
Approximate year – Beginning of the Sturm und Drang movement in German literature.^[2]

James Beattie:
- The Judgment of Paris^[3]
- Verses Occasioned by the Death of Charles Churchill (died November 1764; see also Percival Stockdale's work, below)^[3]
Benjamin Church, "The Times", English, Colonial America^[4]
William Collins, The Poetical Works of William Collins, the author's first collected edition^[3]
Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller
Edward Jerningham, An Elegy Written Among the Ruins of an Abbey^[3]
James Macpherson, The Works of Ossian, contains Macpherson's purported translations (actually much edited, loosely translated fragments of Gaelic poetry, supplemented by his own versifying) of what he presents as the ancient poems Fingal (first published 1762) and Temora (first published 1763), as well as Hugh Blair's Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian (also first published 1763)^[3]
Mother Goose's Melody, including "Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top" and "Ding, dong, bell"
Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, anthology^[3] in 3 volumes, including first publication of the Scottish ballad "Sir Patrick Spens"
Christopher Smart, translator, A Translation of the Psalms of David, Biblical verses and original poetry:
- translation, "A Song to David" (a translation first published 1763)^[3]
- "Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Fasts and Festivals of the Church of England"^[3]
Percival Stockdale, Churchill Defended (see also James Beattie's work, above)^[3]

Charles Batteux, Cours de belles lettres (included in Principes de la littérature 1774); criticism; France

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

January 2 – Manoah Bodman (died 1850), American poet
February 11 – Elizabeth Cobbold, née Knipe (died 1824), English poet
April 22 – James Grahame (died 1811), Scottish poet, lawyer and clergyman
June 3 – Friederike Brun, née Münther (died 1835), Danish poet
November 7 – William Taylor (died 1836), English scholar, critic, polyglot, and translator of German Romantic literature
December 29 – Laurence Hynes Halloran (died 1831), English poet, unordained clergyman and felon; later schoolteacher, journalist and bigamist in Australia
Mahmud Gami (died 1855), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet

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

^ Wain, John (1974). Samuel Johnson. New York: Viking Press.
^ Bross, Fabian; Kreuzmair, Elias (2016). Basiswissen fürs Examen: Deutsche Lyrik. UTB. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-8252-4724-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
^ Ludwig, Richard M.; Nault, Clifford A. Jr. (1986). Annals of American Literature 1602-1983. New York: Oxford University Press.

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