1749 in literature
Overview of the events of 1749 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1749 .
Events
February – The second part of John Cleland 's erotic novel Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) appears in London. He is released from debtor's prison in March. The Church of England asks the Secretary of State to "stop the progress of this vile Book, which is an open insult upon Religion and good manners." In November, Cleland is arrested again, charged with "corrupting the King's subjects."
February 28 – Henry Fielding 's picaresque comic novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is published in London by Andrew Millar , who pays the author £700.[ 1] It reaches four editions by the end of the year. During this year, Fielding becomes magistrate at Bow Street and enlists help from the Bow Street Runners , an early police force.[ 2]
April 12 – Oxford 's circular Radcliffe Library , designed by James Gibbs , opens.[ 3]
April 17 – Charles Macklin plays Lovegold in Henry Fielding 's The Miser at Drury Lane, having previously played minor roles.[ 4]
unknown dates
New books
Prose
Children
Drama
Poetry
Goethe 's birthplace in Frankfurt
Births
January 13 – Maler Müller (Friedrich Müller), German lyricist, dramatist and painter (died 1825 )
January 16 – Vittorio Alfieri , Italian dramatist and poet (died 1803 )
April 19 – Ōta Nanpo (Ōta Tan), Japanese comic poet and painter (died 1823 )
May 4 – Charlotte Turner Smith , English poet and novelist (died 1806 )
August 28 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet, scholar and novelist (died 1832 )
December 19 – Alethea Lewis (Eugenia de Acton), English novelist (died 1827 )
December 25 – Samuel Jackson Pratt , English poet, playwright and novelist (died 1814 )[ 7]
unknown date – Wang Yun , Chinese poet and playwright (died 1819 )
Deaths
References
^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 313 . ISBN 0-304-35730-8 .
^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History . London: Century Ltd. pp. 219–220. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2 .
^ Guest, Ivor (1991). Dr. John Radcliffe and His Trust . London: The Radcliffe Trust. p. 149. ISBN 0-9502482-1-5 .
^ Henry Fielding (2004). Henry Fielding - Plays, Volume II, 1731 - 1734 . Clarendon Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-19-925790-4 .
^ Foster, Shirley; Simons, Judy (1995). What Katy Read: feminist re-readings of "classic" stories for girls . University of Iowa Press. p. 195 . ISBN 0-87745-493-0 .
^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6 .
^ Day, Gary; Lynch, Jack (9 March 2015). The Encyclopedia of British Literature, 3 Volume Set: 1660 - 1789 . John Wiley & Sons. p. 922. ISBN 978-1-4443-3020-5 .
^ Erica Harth (1992). Cartesian Women: Versions and Subversions of Rational Discourse in the Old Regime . Cornell University Press. p. 210. ISBN 0-8014-9998-4 .