Overview of the events of 1700 in poetry
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(July 2010 )
Sir Richard Blackmore — A Satyr Against Wit , published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden [ 1]
Samuel Cobb — Poetae Britannici his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime"
John Dryden died this year
Daniel Defoe — The Pacificator , published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"[ 1]
John Dryden — Fables, Ancient and Modern , the poet's final anthology
William King — The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies , published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane , editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society [ 1]
John Pomfret — Reason [ 1]
Nahum Tate — Panacea, a poem upon tea [ 1]
John Tutchin — The Foreigners , published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701 [ 1]
Edward Ward — The Reformer , published anonymously[ 1]
Samuel Wesley — An Epistle to a Friend concerning Poetry
Thomas Yalden — The Temple of Fame
Anonymous — Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija , Gozo
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February 2 – Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766 ), German poet
January 14 – Christian Friedrich Henrici (died 1764 ), German poet
May 26 – Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (died 1760 ), German poet
September 11 – James Thomson (died 1748 ), Scottish poet
September 30 – Stanisław Konarski , born Hieronim Konarski (died 1773 ), Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist friar and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment
October 13 – Phanuel Bacon (died 1783 ) English playwright, poet and author[ 1]
Also – David French (died 1742 ), English Colonial American poet[ 2]
Year uncertain – Richard Lewis (died 1734 ), English Colonial American poet[ 2]
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