1726 in literature
- 1726 in literature
The year 1726 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
Events
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Voltaire arrives for a 3 year stay in England.
*Lavinia Fenton makes her debut as Monimia inThomas Otway 's "The Orphan" at the Haymarket Theatre.
*Françoise-Louise de Warens converts to Catholicism.New books
* Anonymous - "Gulliver Decyphered"
* Corporate authorship - "The Craftsman" (periodical associated withHenry St. John )
*Penelope Aubin - "The Life and Adventures of the Lady Lucy" (novel)
*John Balguy - "A letter to a Deist concerning the Beauty and Excellency of Moral Virtue, and the Support and Improvement which it receives from the Christian Religion"
*Jane Barker - "The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen" (sequel to 1723's "A Patch-Work Screen")
*Joseph Butler - "Fifteen Sermons"
*William Rufus Chetwood - "The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle" (fiction, sometimes attrib.Daniel Defoe )
*Anthony Collins - "The Scheme of Literal Prophecy"
*Daniel Defoe - "The Political History of the Devil"
** - "A System of Magick"
*John Dennis - "The Stage Defended" (reply to Law, below)
*Eliza Haywood - "The City Jilt"
** - "The Mercenary Lover"
*William Law - "The Absolute Unlawfulness of the Stage"
** - "A Practical Treatise upon Christian Perfection"
*William Penn - "Fruits of a Father's Love"
** - "A Collection of the Works of William Penn"
*Alexander Pope - "The Odyssey of Homer"
** andWilliam Pulteney - "The Discovery"
*Richard Savage - "Miscellaneous Poems"
*William Somervile - "Occasional Poems"
* Joseph Spence - "An Essay on Pope's Odyssey" (concerning a translation of Homer's "Odyssey " byAlexander Pope )
*Jonathan Swift - "Gulliver's Travels "
** - "Cadenus and Vanessa"
*Lewis Theobald - "Shakespeare Restored"
* James Thomson - "Winter" (part of "The Four Seasons")New drama
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Aaron Hill - "The Fatal Extravagance"
*Thomas Southerne - "Money the Mistress"
*Leonard Welsted - "The Dissembling Wanton"Births
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April 7 -Charles Burney , music historian and father ofFanny Burney
*June 14 -Thomas Pennant , Welsh naturalist and writer (died1798 )
*September 25 -Angelo Maria Bandini , author and librarian (died1800 )
*"date unknown"
**John H. D. Anderson , natural philosopher (died1796 )
**John Howard Deaths
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March 26 - SirJohn Vanbrugh , dramatist and architect (born1664 )
*April 5 -Ludwig Babenstuber , theologian and philosopher (born1660 )
*May 20 -Nicholas Brady , poet (born1659 )
*December 2 -Samuel Penhallow , historian (born1665 )
*"date unknown"
**Jeremy Collier , theologian and critic
**Daniel Whitby , theologian
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