• Source: 1721 in poetry

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




Events






Works published






= United Kingdom

=
Joseph Addison, The Works of Joseph Addison, edited by Thomas Tickell
John Dennis, Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical. In Two Volumes, including literary criticism
Charles Gildon, Laws of Poetry, criticism
Alexander Pennecuik, An Ancient Prophecy Concerning Stock-Jobbing, and the Conduct of the Directors of the South-Sea-Company
Thomas Parnell, Night-Piece on Death a notable work by one of the Graveyard poets
Matthew Prior, Colin's Mistakes, published anonymously (died this year)
Allan Ramsay, Poems
Jonathan Swift:
The Bubble
Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
Thomas Tickell, Kensington Garden, published anonymously this year, although the book states "1722" (see also Joseph Addison, above)




= Other

=
Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Earthly Pleasure in God, Germany




Births


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

March 17 – James Dance, pseudonym of James Dance (died 1774), English poet, playwright, actor and cricketer
March 19 – Tobias Smollett (died 1771), Scottish-born physician, novelist and poet
July 9 – Johann Nikolaus Götz (died 1781), German poet
August 21 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (died 1789), Dutch poet and playwright
September 17 – Johann Adolf Schlegel (died 1793), German poet
October 5 – William Wilkie (died 1772), Scottish poet and agriculturalist
November 9 – Mark Akenside (died 1770), English poet
December 25 – William Collins (died 1759), English poet
date not known
James Grainger (died 1766), Scottish-born physician, poet and translator
Robert Potter (died 1804), English translator, poet and cleric




Deaths


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

September 18 – Matthew Prior (born 1664), English poet (see "Works", above)
February 24 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (born 1648), English statesman and poet
date not known – Rupa Bhavani (born 1621), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet




See also



Poetry
List of years in poetry
List of years in literature
18th century in poetry
18th century in literature
Augustan poetry
Scriblerus Club




Notes



[1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• 1721 in poetry
• Thomas Parnell
• 1721
• 1721 in literature
• 1711 in literature
• Johann Georg Walch
• List of years in poetry
• Graveyard poets
• 1720 in literature
• 1719 in literature