1760 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1760. Events January – Oliver Goldsmith's series of fictionalised "letters from a Chinese philosopher," later collected in The Citizen of the World, begins in The Public Ledger. October 25 – With the death of King George II of Great Britain, the era of Augustan literature that started in 1702 is considered to be at an end. James Beattie becomes a professor at the University of Aberdeen. Fanny Burney and her family move to London, where her father teaches music and she meets Dr Samuel Johnson. Jupiter Hammon's poem "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries" is published as a broadside in British America, making him the first known published African American author. The play Edward III is attributed to William Shakespeare by the noted Shakespearean editor Edward Capell in his Prolusions; or, Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry, Compil'd with great Care from their several Originals, and Offer'd to the Publicke as Specimens of the Integrity that should be Found in the Editions of worthy Authors. The Danish Royal Library, MS NKS 1867 4° (Den nye kongelige samling) manuscript is written. New books Fiction Belinda; Or, Happiness the Reward of Constancy: Mannifested in a Series of the Most Interesting and Surprizing Events Ever Yet Made Publick John Cleland – The Romance of a Day Sarah Fielding – The History of Ophelia Charles Johnstone – Chrysal vols. i–ii Tobias Smollett – The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (serial publication begins)