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William Williams, Pantycelyn, also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn, is generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist. He is also rated among the great literary figures of Wales, as a writer of poetry and prose. In religion he was among the leaders of the 18th-century Welsh Methodist revival, along with the evangelists Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1833.
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Jean-François Marmontel was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1750.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1754.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1755.
LEXICOGRAPHER. A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1760.
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1765.
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Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the years 1700–1799.
Louis de Cahusac was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist, and Freemason, most famous for his work with the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. He provided the libretti for several of Rameau's operas, namely Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour (1747), Zaïs (1748), Naïs (1749), Zoroastre, La naissance d'Osiris (1754), and Anacréon. He is also credited with writing the libretto of Rameau's final work, Les Boréades. Cahusac contributed to the Encyclopédie and was the lover of Marie Fel.
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
William Kenrick was an English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist, who spent much of his career libelling and lampooning his fellow writers.
Charles Poisot was a French musician from the second half of the 19th century. A pianist, composer and musicographer, he was also director of the Dijon Conservatory, where he spent his life.