This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1713.
Events March 12 – Richard Steele and Joseph Addison found the short-lived The Guardian; in the same year, Steele founds another periodical, ostensibly as a sequel to it, the likewise short-lived The Englishman. April 14 – The first performance is given in London of Addison's libertarian play Cato, a Tragedy, which will be influential on both sides of the Atlantic. October – Alexander Pope announces that he is to begin a definitive translation of the works of Homer. unknown date – Vitsentzos Kornaros's early 17th-century Cretan romantic epic poem Erotokritos (Ἐρωτόκριτος), is printed, for the first time, in Venice.
New books
Prose John Arbuthnot – Proposals for printing a very curious discourse... a treatise of the art of political lying, with an abstract of the first volume ("The Art of Political Lying") Jane Barker – The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia Richard Bentley (as Phileleutherus Lipsiensis) – Remarks upon a Late Discourse of Free-thinking (see Collins below) George Berkeley – Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux – Dialogue sur les héros de roman Robert Challe – Les Illustres Françaises (The Illustrious French Lovers) Anthony Collins – A Discourse of Free-thinking Daniel Defoe And What if the Pretender Should Come? A General History of Trade Reasons Against the Succession of the House of Hanover John Dennis – Remarks upon Cato Abel Evans – Vertumnus John Gay Rural Sports The Fan Edmund Gibson – Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani Antoine Hamilton – Mémoires du comte de Gramont (published anonymously) John Hughes – Letters of Abelard and Heloise (widely published translation) Henri Joutel – Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de La Sale fit dans le golfe de Mexique (Joutel's journal of La Salle's last voyage, 1684–1687) Thomas Parnell – An Essay on the Different Stiles of Poetry Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre – Projet pour rendre la paix perpétuelle en Europe Jonathan Swift Mr. C--n's Discourse of Free-thinking, Put into Plain English (see above, Collins) Part of the Seventh Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated John Toland – Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews in Great Britain and Ireland Ned Ward – The History of the Grand Rebellion
Drama Anonymous – The Apparition Joseph Addison – Cato, a Tragedy José de Cañizares – Don Juan de Espina en Milán John Gay – The Wife of Bath Charles Shadwell – The Merry Wives of Broad Street William Taverner – The Female Advocates
Poetry Henry Carey – Poems on Several Occasions (includes "Sally in Our Alley" and "Namby Pamby") Anne Finch – Miscellany Poems on Several Occasions Alexander Pope Windsor Forest Ode for Musick Edward Young An Epistle to Lord Lansdowne A Poem on the Last Day See also 1713 in poetry
Births January 13 – Charlotte Charke (Charlotte Cibber), English novelist, dramatist and actress (died 1760) February 20 – Anna Maria Elvia, Swedish poet (died 1784) April 12 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (died 1796) June 11 – Edward Capell, English Shakespeare scholar (died 1781) July 9 – John Newbery, English publisher and writer for children (died 1767) October 5 – Denis Diderot, French encyclopedist (died 1784) October 25 – Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (née de Mézières), French novelist and actress (died 1792) November 24 – Laurence Sterne, Irish-born novelist and cleric (died 1768) December 19 – Jonathan Toup, English classicist and critic (died 1785)
Deaths January 5 – Jean Chardin, French travel writer (born 1643) January 11 – Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader and religious writer (born 1637) May 20 – Thomas Sprat, English writer, poet and bishop (born 1635) September 11 – Johannes Voet, Dutch jurist and legal writer (born 1647) September 18 – Samuel Cobb, English poet and critic (born 1675) October 20 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and writer (born 1652) October 30 – John Barret, English religious writer and Presbyterian minister (born 1631) December 14 – Thomas Rymer, English Historiographer Royal (born 1641)
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