1742 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1742.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745

Events

  • February – Henry Fielding's picaresque novel Joseph Andrews appears in London as The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. Described by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is his first full-length novel and among the earliest in the English language. A second edition appears on June 10.[1]
  • December 2The Pennsylvania Journal first appears in the United States.
  • December – The novelist and dramatist Pierre de Marivaux is elected to the Académie française.[2]
  • unknown dates

New books

Fiction

Drama

Poetry

Non-fiction

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews and Shamela, ed. Thomas Keymer. Oxford: World's Classics, Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN 9780199536986.
  2. Ian Davidson (9 December 2010). Voltaire: A Life. Profile Books. p. 226. ISBN 1-84765-224-7.
  3. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2003). The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. University of Georgia Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8203-2430-2.
  4. Allen Kent; Harold Lancour; William Z. Nasri; Jay Elwood Daily (1968). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. M. Dekker. p. 462. ISBN 978-0-8247-2023-0.
  5. Elliott, R. C. (1933). "The development if the 'point' unit of type measurement". Monotype Recorder. London: The Monotype Corporation. 30 (241). OCLC 11494675.
  6. Bodle, Andy (22 November 2008). "Guide to games: Leaders of the pack: A short history of cards". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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