1777 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1776 in literature, other events of 1777, 1778 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Fanny Burney is introduced to Samuel Johnson by her father
• Robert Lowth becomes Bishop of London
• First appearance of James Boswell's The Hypochondriak in the London Magazine
• First production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, in London

New Books

• The Champion of Virtur by Clara Reeve
• The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve

Births

• February 12 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
• July 27 - Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet.
• William Henry Ireland, forger of Shakespeariana

Deaths

• October 21 - Samuel Foote, English dramatist