1768 in literature
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See also: 1767 in literature, other events of 1768, 1769 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- John Wilkes returns from exile in France and is elected to Parliament.
- May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for attacking King George III in print.
- Thomas Gray succeeds Lawrence Brockett as Regis Professor of History at Cambridge.
- The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time.
[edit] New books
- John Cleland - The Woman of Honour (attrib.)
- Alexander Dow, (trans) - Tales Translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi
- Voltaire - La Princesse de Babylone
[edit] New drama
- Isaac Bickerstaffe
- Lionel and Clarissa
- The Padlock
- Oliver Goldsmith - The Good-natur'd Man
- John Hoole - Cyrus
- Thomas Hull - The Royal Merchant
- Hugh Kelly - False Delicacy
- Arthur Murphy - Zenobia
- Horace Walpole - The Mysterious Mother
[edit] Poetry
- Isaac Hawking Browne - Poems
- Thomas Gray - Poems
- Richard Jago - Labour and Genius
- Edward Jerningham - Amabella
- Mary Wortley Montagu - Poetical Works
- Henry James Pye - Elegies
- Alexander Ross - The Fortunate Shepherdess
- William Shakespeare - Mr. William Shakespeare His Comedies, Histories and Tragedies
- Christopher Smart - The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- William Wilkie - Fables
[edit] Non-fiction
- James Boswell - An Account of Corsica
- Oliver Goldsmith - The Present State of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia
- Richard Gough - Anecdotes of British Topography
- Joseph Priestley - An Essay on the First Principles of Government
- Tobias Smollett - The Present State of all Nations
- Laurence Sterne - A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy
- Gilbert Stuart - An Historical Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of the English Constitution
- Abraham Tucker as "Edward Search" - The Light of Nature Pursued
- Horace Walpole - Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III
- Arthur Young - A Six Weeks' Tour Through the Southern Counties of England and Wales
[edit] Births
- March 22 - Melesina Trench, Irish-born writer and socialite (d. 1827)
- September 4 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (d. 1848)
- November 18 - Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (d. 1823)
- November 21 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian (d. 1834)
[edit] Deaths
- March 1 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher (b. 1694)
- March 18 - Laurence Sterne, novelist
- April 9 - Sarah Fielding, novelist and children's author (b. 1710)
- July 4 - Willem van Haren, Dutch poet (b. 1710)
- August 17 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
- December 20 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)
- date unknown
- Eggert Ólafsson, Icelandic writer and linguist (b. 1726) (drowned)
- Joseph Spence, memoirist and professor of poetry (b. 1699)
