1675 in poetry
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- Charles Cotton:
- * Burlesque upon Burlesque; or, The Scoffer Scoft, published anonymously
- * The Scoffer Scoft, the second part of the above Burlesque
- Thomas Hobbes, translator, The Odyssey of Homer
- Richard Leigh, Poems, upon Several Occasions, and, to Several Persons
- Edward Phillips, editorTheatrum Poetarum; or, A Compleat Collection of the Poets of all Ages
Other
- René Le Bossu, Traité du Poeme Epique, a systematic description of epic poetry, based on Aristotle; the book was very favorably received; criticism, France
Births
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- February - Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator
- February 26 ' - Abel Evans, English clergyman, academic and poet
- August 31 - Elizabeth Thomas, English poet
- September 2 - William Somervile, English poet
- October 17 ' - Samuel Cobb, English poet
- Also:
- * Cille Gad, Norwegian female poet and academic
- * Jamie Macpherson, Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament
- * Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet
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