Overview of the events of 1770 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1770.
Events
- February 6 – Voltaire writes to Abbot la Riche; the letter is said to be the source of his famous statement, "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." ("Je ne suis pas d’accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je défendrai jusqu’à la mort votre droit de le dire.") This is now generally believed to be a misattribution.[1]
- December
- unknown date – Göttinger Musenalmanach is launched by Johann Christian Dieterich.[4]
New books
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Births
Deaths
Awards
References
- ^ Boller, Jr., Paul F.; George, John (1989). They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505541-1.
- ^ David H. Stam (November 2001). International Dictionary of Library Histories. Routledge. p. 881. ISBN 978-1-136-77785-1.
- ^ Michael C. Carhart (2007). The Science of Culture in Enlightenment Germany. Harvard University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-674-02617-9.
- ^ Mary Elizabeth Devine; Carol Summerfield (2 December 2013). International Dictionary of University Histories. Routledge. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-134-26210-6.
- ^ Edmund Burke (1770). Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. J. Dodsley in the Pall-Mall.
- ^ "A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies". World Digital Library. 1798. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
- ^ Schlenther, Boyd Stanley (2010) [2004]. "Whitefield, George (1714–1770)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29281.
- ^ Michael Losonsky (16 January 2006). Linguistic Turns in Modern Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-521-65256-8.