1743 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1743. Events March – Robert Dodsley advertises in the London Evening Post his plans to publish rare 16th and 17th-century plays so as to avoid them being lost. July 5 – A benefit performance for the elderly acting couple Henry and Elizabeth Wetherilt is held at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. August – Shortly after the death of Richard Savage, Samuel Johnson announces his intention to publish a biography of Savage. unknown dates Johann Elias Schlegel becomes secretary to an ambassador at the Danish court. A legal deposit law requires a copy of every book printed in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany to be deposited in the Magliabechiana library in Florence. New books Fiction Comte de Caylus – les Contes orientaux William Rufus Chetwood – The Twins (prose fiction) Henry Fielding – The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great in Miscellanies, with A Journey from This World to the Next Eliza Haywood – Memoirs of an Unfortunate Young Nobleman Aaron Hill – The Fanciad Marguerite de Lubert – La Princesse Camion (Princess Camion) Benjamin Martin – A Course of Lectures in Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Geography, and Astronomy Diego de Torres Villarroel – Vida