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1781 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

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Dr Johnson - Dictionary writerBoswell - BiographerSir Joshua Reynolds - HostDavid Garrick - actorEdmund Burke - statesmanPasqual Paoli - Corsican independentCharles Burney - music historianThomas Warton - poet laureateOliver Goldsmith - writerprob. The Infant Academy 1782unknown paintingAn unknown portraitservant - poss. Dr Johnson's hierUse button to enlarge or use hyperlinks
A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted this year. The scene shows the friends of Reynolds, including poets Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith and Thomas Warton - many of whom were members of "The Club" (use cursor to identify).

Works published

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Other

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Births

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

Deaths

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ainger, Alfred (1903). Crabbe. New York: Macmillan. pp. 31–32.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  3. ^ a b c d Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  4. ^ Grun, Bernard (1991) [1946]. The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). p. 328.