1773 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1772 in literature, other events of 1773, 1774 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Richard Brinsley Sheridan marries Elizabeth Linley.
• Samuel Johnson and James Boswell tour the Western Isles of Scotland

New Books

• Götz von Berlichingen - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral - Phillis Wheatley
• The Man of the World - Henry Mackenzie
• She Stoops to Conquer (play) by Oliver Goldsmith
• The Adulateur (play) by Mercy Otis Warren

Births

• October 23 - Francis Jeffrey

Deaths

• May 15 - Alban Butler