Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture, published anonymously[1]
Thomas Denton, Immortality; or, The Consolation of Human Life, published anonymously[1]
John Duncombe, The Feminiad: or, Female Genius, a Poem, which circulated in manuscript before being published this year (a second edition, now called The Feminead, came out in
1757). The poem celebrates virtuous learned women and was meant to encourage women to write.[2]
Jonathan Swift, The Works of Jonathan Swift, published posthumously; edited by
John Hawkesworth; five more volumes were published from
1764 through
1765 and six volumes of letters from
1766 through
1768[1]
John Mercer, The Dinwiddianae Poems and Prose, begins on November 4 (continues until
1757), a satiric series using puns, mock-heroics and invective attacking the policies of Virginia Governor
Robert Dinwiddie and General
Edward Braddock;
English Colonial
America[3]
Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture, published anonymously[1]
Thomas Denton, Immortality; or, The Consolation of Human Life, published anonymously[1]
John Duncombe, The Feminiad: or, Female Genius, a Poem, which circulated in manuscript before being published this year (a second edition, now called The Feminead, came out in
1757). The poem celebrates virtuous learned women and was meant to encourage women to write.[2]
Jonathan Swift, The Works of Jonathan Swift, published posthumously; edited by
John Hawkesworth; five more volumes were published from
1764 through
1765 and six volumes of letters from
1766 through
1768[1]
John Mercer, The Dinwiddianae Poems and Prose, begins on November 4 (continues until
1757), a satiric series using puns, mock-heroics and invective attacking the policies of Virginia Governor
Robert Dinwiddie and General
Edward Braddock;
English Colonial
America[3]