1732 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1732. Events April – The London Magazine is founded in opposition to the pro-Tory Gentlemen's Magazine. December 7 – The original Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London (today's Royal Opera House) is opened by John Rich with a production of William Congreve's The Way of the World. December 13 – The first issue of Then Swänska Argus, by Olof von Dalin, is published in Sweden, introducing the "younger new Swedish" (yngre nysvenska) literary language. December 28 – The first edition of Poor Richard's Almanack, by Benjamin Franklin, is published in America. unknown date – Trinity College Library in Dublin, designed by Thomas Burgh, is completed. New books Prose George Berkeley – Alciphron Johann Jakob Bodmer – translation of John Milton's Paradise Lost into German prose Elizabeth Boyd – The Happy-Unfortunate Mary Davys – The False Friend (fiction) Philip Doddridge – Sermons on the Religious Education of Children Robert Dodsley – A Muse in Livery George Granville, Lord Lansdowne – The Genuine Works Thomas-Simon Gueullette – Les Sultanes de Guzarate, contes mogols (Mogul Tales; or, the Dreams of Men Awake) John Horsley – Britannia Romana, or The Roman Antiquities of Britain William King – The Toast Alain-René Lesage – Les avantures de monsieur Robert Chevalier, dit de Beauchêne, capitaine de flibustiers dans la Nouvelle-France (The Adventures of Robert Chevalier, Call'd de Beauchene, Captain of a Privateer in New-France) George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton – The Progress of Love Daniel Neal – The History of the Puritans or Protestant Non-Conformists Richard Savage – An Epistle to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole Philip Skippon – An Account of a Journey Made Thro ̓ Part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France Jonathan Swift The Lady's Dressing Room The Grand Question Debated (with Pope and others) Miscellanies: The Third Volume Isaac Watts – A Short View of the Whole Scripture History Leonard Welsted – Of Dulness and Scandal (answer to The Dunciad) Gilbert West – Stowe Martín Sarmiento – Demostración apologética