1780 in literature

1780 in literature

The year 1780 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

*Karl von Marinelli becomes head of the Schultz theatre company ("Schultzsche Gesellschaft") of Baden.
*Richard Brinsley Sheridan is elected to Parliament

New books

* Elizabeth Blower - "The Parsonage House"
* Herbert Croft - "Love and Madness"
* Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - "The Sylph"
* Thomas Holcroft - "Alwyn"
* Sophia Lee - "The Capter of Accidents"
* Margaret Minifie - "The Count de Poland"
* Samuel Jackson Pratt - "Emma Corbett"

New drama

* John O'Keeffe - "Tony Lumpkin in Town" (reuse of Oliver Goldsmith's character)

Poetry

* Hannah Cowley - "The Maid of Aragon"
* George Crabbe - "The Candidate"
* Herbert Croft - "The Abbey of Kilkhampton; or, Monumental Records for the Year 1980" (satire)
* Susannah Harrison - "Songs in the Night"
* William Hayley - "An Essay on History"
* Anna Seward - "Elegy on Captain Cook"
* Christoph Martin Wieland - "Oberon"

Non-fiction

* William Beckford - "Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters"
* Jacob Bryant - "An Address to Dr. Priestley"
* Edmund Burke - "Speech on Oeconomical Reformation"
* William Combe - "Letters of the Late Lord Lyttelton" (forgeries)
* Martin Madan - "Thelyphthora" (in favor of polygamy)
* Johannes von Müller - "Geschichten der Schweizer"
* John Nichols - "A Select Collection of Poems"
* Richard Price - "An Essay on the Population of England"
* Isaac Reed - "A Select Collection of Old Plays" (from Robert Dodsley's press)
* William Shakespeare - "Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare's Plays Published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Stevens" (by Edmund Malone)
* Sarah Trimmer - "An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature, and Reading the Holy Scriptures" (for children)
* John Wesley - "Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion"
* Arthur Young - "A Tour in Ireland"

Births

* June 1 - Carl von Clausewitz
* December 20 - John Wilson Croker

Deaths

* April 29 - Claude Joseph Dorat, "Le Chevalier Dorat"
* September 23 - Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, salon hostess
* William Blackstone, jurist


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