1687 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• William Winstanley publishes the Lives of the most famous English poets from which biographical data on a number of poets can be obtained

Works published

Great Britain

• John Cutts, (later Baron Cutts), Poetical Exercises written on several occasions,^[1] published anonymously
• John Dryden:
  • The Hind and the Panther, published anonymously (see also the work by Matthew Prior and Charles Montagu, below)^[2]
  • A Song for St. Cecilia's Day^[2]
• Thomas D'Urfey, A Compleat Collection of Mr D'Urfey's Songs and Odes^[2]
• John Norris, A Collection of Miscellanies, prose and poetry^[2]
• Matthew Prior and Charles Montagu, The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse, published anonymously, a burlesque of John Dryden's The Hind and the Panther (see above)^[2]
• Thomas Shadwell, translator, The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal, with English and Latin on facing pages^[2]

Other

• John Cotton II, Poem Occasioned by the Death of [...] John Alden, English Colonial American (Massachusetts)^[3]
• Benjamin Harris, compiler, The New England Primer, English Colonial American^[3]

Births

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

• June 13 – Paolo Rolli (died 1765), Italian librettist, poet and translator
• c. August 26 – Henry Carey (suicide 1743), English poet, dramatist and songwriter
• Mary Chandler (died 1745), English poet and milliner

Deaths

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

• March 28 – Constantijn Huygens (born 1596), Dutch poet and composer
• April 16 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (born 1628), English statesman and poet
• April 28 – Charles Cotton (born 1630), English poet and writer
• May 6 – Thomas Washbourne (born 1606), English clergyman and poet
• September 1 – Henry More (born 1614), English philosopher and poet
• October 21 – Edmund Waller (born 1606), English poet and politician
• Pierre Petit (born 1617), French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Restoration literature

Notes and References

1. Book: Clark, Alexander Frederick Bruce. Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660–1830). Franklin, Burt. 1971. 978-0-8337-4046-5. 4. Google Books. 2010-02-13.
2. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6.
3. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press