1701 in poetry

Events

• Matthew Prior, English poet, enters Parliament.

Works published

[[Great Britain]]

• Mary Chudleigh The Ladies Defence; or, The Bride-woman's Counsellor Answer'd
• Daniel Defoe, The True-born Englishman: A satyr, published anonymously this year, but dated "1700"; inspired by John Tutchin's The Foreigners (1700), and answered by Tuchin (anonymously) in his The Apostates, this year; Defoe's poem also resulted in many other responses, adaptations and attacks
• John Dennis, Advancement and Reformation of Modern Poetry (criticism)
• John Dryden, Poems on Various Occasions; and Translations from Several Authors (posthumous)
• Charles Gildon, A New Miscellany of Original Poems (anthology), includes "The Spleen" and other poems by Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea
• Cotton Mather, Consolations, English, Colonial America (Massachusetts)
• John Philips:
  • The Splendid Shilling
  • The Sylvan Dream; or, The Mourning Muses, published anonymously, usually attributed to Philips
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions. By the R. H. the E. of R., London: Printed for A. T.

Other

• Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, l'Œuvres diverses ("Diverse Works"), France

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Matthew Concanen (died 1749), Irish-born English poet and writer
• Matthew Pilkington (died 1774), Irish art historian and satirist
• James Sterling (died 1763), English Colonial American poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February – Miguel de Barrios (born 1625), Spanish poet and historian
• March 15 – Jean Renaud de Segrais (born 1624), French poet and novelist
• August 20 – Sir Charles Sedley (born 1639), English wit, dramatist, poet and statesman
• August 24 – Ahasverus Fritsch (born 1629), German poet and legal writer
• August 31 – Samuel Chappuzeau (born 1625), French scholar, author, poet and playwright
• Shah Inayatullah (born 1613), poet from Sindh, Pakistan

Notes

References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 0-19-860634-6
2. Paul, Harry Gilbert, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vSobfr0UyF8C&q=Epistle+Dedicatory ''John Dennis: His Life and Criticism''], p 4, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
3. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
4. link. (August 8, 2010 2009-05-02.)
5. 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books