1700 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1700.
Events
New books
Fiction
- Aphra Behn (died 1689) – Histories, Novels, and Translations (fiction and nonfiction)
- Tom Brown – Amusements Serious and Comical
- Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras – Mémoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan
- Peter Anthony Motteux, editor – The History of the Renown'd Don-Quixote de la Mancha, translated by several hands, Volume 1 (Volumes 2–4 published in 1712 in the third edition)
Drama
- Anonymous – Caledonia, or the Pedlar Turned Merchant
- Abel Boyer – Achilles; or, Iphigenia in Aulis: a tragedy
- William Burnaby – The Reformed Wife
- Susannah Centlivre – The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice: A tragedy
- Colley Cibber – The Tragical History of King Richard III
- William Congreve – The Way of the World, a comedy performed in March
- John Dennis – Iphigenia: A tragedy, performed in December 1699
- George Farquhar – The Constant Couple
- Charles Gildon – Measure for Measure
- Charles Hopkins – Friendship Improv'd; or, The Female Warriour: A tragedy, performed November 7, 1699
- Francis Manning – The Generous Choice
- John Oldmixon – The Grove, or Love's Paradise published ("semi-opera", music by Henry Purcell)
- William Philips – St. Stephen's Green
- Mary Pix – The Beau Defeated
- Nicholas Rowe – The Ambitious Stepmother
- Thomas Southerne – The Fate of Capua: A tragedy, performed about April
- John Vanbrugh – The Pilgrim: A comedy, anonymous; performed in April
Poetry
See 1700 in poetry
Non-fiction
Births
Deaths
- January 7 – Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquary (born 1618)
- March 14 – Henry Killigrew, English clergyman, poet and playwright (born 1613)
- May 12
- July – Thomas Creech, English translator (born 1659; suicide)
- August 6 – Johann Beer, Austrian author, court official and composer (born 1655; hunting accident)
- August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English mathematician and lexicographer (born 1627)
- August 22 – Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican priest, poet, geographer, and historian (born 1645)
- Unknown date – Charles Hopkins, Anglo-Irish poet and dramatist (born 1664)
References
- ^ James Henry Monk (1830). The Life of Richard Bentley, D.D., Master of Trinity College... p. 113.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 289. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Hochman, Stanley. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Vol. 4. p. 542.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ "Fama y obras posthumas del Fenix de Mexico, decima musa, poetisa americana, sor Juana Ines de la Cruz". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Thompson Cooper (1873). A New Biographical Dictionary... Bell. p. 544.
- ^ Carlos A. Solé; Maria Isabel Abreu (1989). Latin American Writers. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-684-18463-0.
- ^ George Crabb (1833). Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics. Baldwin and Cradock. p. 5.