1788 in literature
Overview of the events of 1788 in literature
Overview of the events of 1788 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1788 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
January 22 – George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron , English poet (died 1824 )
February 28 – Samuel Bamford , English writer, poet and radical (died 1872 )
March 1 – Gheorghe Asachi , Moldavian polymath (died 1869 )
March 20 – Thomas Medwin , English poet, biographer and translator (died 1869 )
September 22 – Theodore Edward Hook , English man of letters and composer (died 1841 )
c. October 14 – Robert Millhouse , English weaver poet (died 1839 )
October 24 – Sarah Josepha Hale , American novelist and poet (died 1879 )
December 6 – Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby), English novelist, poet and cleric (died 1845 )
Deaths
March 31 – Frances Vane, Viscountess Vane (Lady Fanny), English memoirist (born 1715 )
May 17 – Dorothea Biehl , Danish dramatist and translator (born 1731 )
July 21 – Gaetano Filangieri , Italian philosopher (born 1752 )
August 4 – Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir), priest and poet, 57[4]
August 16 – Francisco Javier Alegre , Mexican historian and translator (born 1729 )
September 16 – Andrea Spagni , Italian theologian (born 1716 )
October 13 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent , Irish politician and poet (born 1709 )
References
^ Michael Henry Scrivener (2007). The Cosmopolitan Ideal in the Age of Revolution and Reaction, 1776-1832 . Pickering & Chatto. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-85196-833-6 .
^ "Mary Wollstonecraft | Biography, Works, & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 10 August 2019 .
^ Francis, Sing-chen Lydia (2002). " "What Confucius Wouldn't Talk About": The Grotesque Body and Literati Identities in Yuan Mei's "Zi buyu" ". Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews . 24 : 129–160. doi :10.2307/823479 . ISSN 0161-9705 . JSTOR 823479 .
^ Aneirin Lewis. "Evans, Evan Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir 1731-1788), scholar, poet, and cleric" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 21 August 2020 .
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