1695 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works
Great Britain
- Joseph Addison, A Poem to His Majesty[1]
- Sir Richard Blackmore, Prince Arthur[1]
- Mary II[1]
- John Dryden, "Parallel of Poetry and Painting", criticism; an essay prefacing Dryden's translation of Du Fresnoy's De Arte Graphica[3]
- John Milton, The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton, edited by Patrick Hume[1] and published by Jacob Tonson, who had bought the rights to the work, this was the first annotated edition of Paradise Lost.[4]
- Nicholas Boileau-Despreaux; in this edition the text of Despreaux's Ode sur la prise de Namur was given in French on pages opposite Prior's verse;[1] published anonymously by Jacob Tonson. Prior's friend, Sir William Trumbull, wrote to him, "I see no reason why the author should be ashamed of battering Boileau's poem and reducing it, any more than we the castle, since it is our honour that everything that concerns Namur be on our side." Samuel Johnson would later write about this work: "The burlesque of Boileau's Ode on Namur has, in some parts, such airiness and levity as will always procure it readers, even among those who cannot compare it with the original."[5]
- Richard Steele, printed anonymously with author identified as "a gentleman of the army", The Procession: A poem on Her Majesties funeral[1]
- Edward Ward, Female Policy Detected; or, The Arts of a Designing Woman Laid Open[1]
Other languages
- Giuseppe Berneri, Meo Patacca or Roma in feste ne i Trionfi di Vienna ("Rome in jubilation for the Triumphs of Vienna"), Italy
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 8 – German
- August 1 – Thomas Purney (died 1730), English clergyman and poet[1]
- Also – Thomas Fitzgerald (died 1752), English[1]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 5 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (born 1633), English statesman, writer and politician
- April 13 – poet and fable writer
- April 17 – Novohispanicscholar, nun, poet and writer
- April 23 – metaphysical poetand physician
- Also – Vaman Pandit (born 1608), Indian Marathi scholar and poet
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 17th century in poetry
- 17th century in literature
- Poetry
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Paul, Harry Gilbert, John Dennis: His Life and Criticism, p 175, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
- ^ Mark Van Doren, John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry, p 52, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")
- ISBN 0-393-02208-0
- ISBN 978-0-8337-4046-5, retrieved via Google Books on February 13, 2010
External links
- "A Timeline of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto
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