1712 in poetry

Events

• Scriblerus Club begins meeting (stops meeting in 1745)

Works published

• Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation: a philosophical poem
• John Dennis, Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakspear: with Some Letters of Criticism to the Spectator, a pamphlet of literary criticism, London
• William Diaper:
  • Dryaides; or, The Nymphs Prophecy (published this year, although the book states "1713")
  • Nereides; or, Sea-Eclogues
• Thomas Ellwood, Davideis: The Life of King David of Israel
• George Granville, Lord Lansdowne, Poems Upon Several Occasions
• Bernard Mandeville, published anonymously, Typhon; or, The Wars Between the Gods and Giants
• Peter Anthony Motteux, A Poem Upon Tea
• John Philips, Poems, published posthumously
• Alexander Pope, editor, Miscellaneous Poems and Translations (also known as Lintot's Miscellany), including a two-canto version of Pope's "The Rape of the Lock", published anonymously (poem enlarged in 1714)
• Matthew Prior, published anonymously, Erle Robert's Mice: A tale, in imitation of Chaucer
• Nicholas Rowe, translated from Claude Quillet, Callipaedia
• Shota Rustaveli, The Knight in the Panther's Skin first printed (originally written in the 12th century)
• George Sewell, The Patriot
• Thomas Tickell, A Poem, to his Excellency the Lord Privy-Seal, on the Prospect of Peace
• John Wright, The Best Mirth; or, The Melody of Sion, hymns

Births

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

• October 8 – Alison Cockburn, née Rutherford (died 1794), Scottish poet
• December 3 – Joseph Relph (died 1743), English poet from Cumberland
• Richard Glover (died 1785), English poet
• Bharatchandra Ray (died 1760), Bengali and Sanskrit poet and song composer
• Christian Reuter (died 1765), German poet
• Approximate date – Emanuel Collins, English clergyman and miscellaneous writer

Deaths

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

• February 5 (bur.) – John Norris of Bemerton (born 1657), English theologian, philosopher and poet
• April 10 – Yusuf Nabi (born 1642), Turkish diwan poet, attacked by honey badger
• June 12 – Carlo Alessandro Guidi (born 1650), Italian poet
• July 1 – William King (born 1663), English poet

Notes

• https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

References

1. Paul, Harry Gilbert, [https://archive.org/details/johndennishisli02paulgoog ''John Dennis: His Life and Criticism''], p 64, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
2. (2004). "The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature". Oxford University Press.
3. Grun, Bernard. (1991). "The Timetables of History".