1716 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1716. Events April 5 – Anne Lefèvre, Madame Dacier, meets Antoine Houdar de la Motte in person. May – Voltaire is exiled to Tulle as a result of his lampoon on the regent of France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans June 21 – Work begins on construction of the Codrington Library at All Souls College, Oxford, to the design of Nicholas Hawksmoor; it will be completed in 1751. unknown dates Poet John Byrom returns to Britain to teach his own system of shorthand. Edmund Curll renews his controversy with Matthew Prior by publishing more of the poet's works without permission. The first printed version of the Epic of King Gesar, a Mongolian text, is published in Beijing. New books Prose Richard Blackmore – Essays upon Several Subjects vol. i Thomas Browne – Christian Morals Francis Chute (as Mr. Gay) – The Petticoat (part of Edmund Curll's "phantom Gay" hoax) Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury – Several Letters... to a Young Man at the University John Dennis – A True Character of Mr. Pope, and his Writings (in response to The Essay on Criticism) Theophilus Evans – Drych y Prif Oesoedd (Mirror of the Early Centuries) Amédée-François Frézier – Relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud, aux côtes du Chili, du Pérou et de Brésil John Oldmixon – Memoirs of Ireland from the Restoration to the Present Times Alexander Pope – The Iliad of Homer vol. ii Humphrey Prideaux – The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations Jean de la Roque – Voyage dans l’Arabie heureuse Andreas Rüdiger – Göttliche Physik (Divine Physics) George Sewell – A Vindication of the English Stage Johann Georg Walch – Historia critica Latinae linguae Zhang Yushu, Chen Tingjing et al. (ed.) – Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典)