1750 in literature

1750 in literature

The year 1750 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

* Tobias Smollett travels in France, collecting material for "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle".
* Weekly meetings for contributors to the "Encyclopédie" begin, at the salon of Baron d'Holbach.
* "The Rambler" is founded by Edward Cave; it lasts for 208 issues, and is mostly written by Samuel Johnson.
* Jean-Jacques Rousseau wins the prize of the Academy of Dijon for his Discourse on the Arts and Sciences.
* Both the Jockey Club and the Hambledon Cricket Club are founded.
* The London theatres wage "the "Romeo and Juliet" war" — competing productions with David Garrick and Anne Bellamy at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane versus Spranger Barry and Susannah Cibber at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
*"The Rambler" (periodical) is founded, authored mainly by Samuel Johnson

New books

* Henry Brooke - "A New Collection of Fairy Tales"
* John Cleland - "Fanny Hill" (official and expurgated)
*Sarah Fielding (attr.) - "The History of Charlotte Summers"
* Edward Kimber - "The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson"
* Charlotte Lennox - "The Life of Harriot Stuart"
* Robert Paltock - "The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins"
* Sarah Scott - "The History of Cornelia"

New drama

* Carlo Goldoni - "La Bottega di Caffe"
* William Shirley - "Edward the Black Prince"
* Voltaire - "Oreste"
* William Whitehead - "The Roman Father"

Poetry

* William Collins - "The Passions"
* Thomas Cooke - "An Ode on Martial Virtue"
* Robert Dodsley - "The Oeconomy of Human Life"
* Mary Jones - "Miscellanies"
* Thomas Warton - "The Triumph of Isis"
* Edward Young - "The Complaint" (aka "Night Thoughts")

Non-fiction

* William Blackstone - "An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity"
* John Campbell - "The Present State of Europe"
* Zachary Grey - "A Free and Familiar Letter to William Warburton"
* Eliza Haywood - "A Present for Women Addicted to Drinking" (on the Gin crisis)
* Francis Hutcheson - "Reflections Upon Laughter" (philosophy of humor)
* Laurence Sterne - "The Abuses of Conscience"

Births

* January 7 - Robert Anderson (died 1803)
* September 5 - Robert Fergusson (died 1774)

Deaths

*February 8 - Aaron Hill, dramatist (born 1685)
*June 15 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (born 1684)
*November 11 - Apostolo Zeno, poet and journalist (born 1668)
*November 18 - Susanna Highmore, poet (born 1690)


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