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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1709. ==Events== *February 1 or 2 - Alexander Selkirk, the original ''Robinson Crusoe'', is rescued from marooning on the Juan Fernández Islands and begins his return to civilisation. *April 12 - The magazine ''The Tatler'' is founded by Richard Steele (writing as Isaac Bickerstaff) in London. On July 8 "Mrs. (Phoebe) Crackenthorpe" (perhaps Delarivier Manley〔) begins publication of ''The Female Tatler''. *May–October 20 - Publication in London (in two volumes, anonymously) of Mrs. Delarivier Manley's ''roman à clef'' ''The New Atalantis'' (''Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of both Sexes, From The New Atalantis, an Island in the Mediterranean''), purporting to be translated from Italian. Its satire of the Whigs is so scurrilous that the author is detained for questioning between October 29 and November 5.〔 〕 The work is popular enough to go through seven editions. *June 28 - Historian Gustaf Adlerfelt is killed at the Battle of Poltava; his eyewitness account is continued by his son.〔(''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' ) (Swedish).〕 *Publication of ''The Works of Mr William Shakespear'' edited by dramatist Nicholas Rowe, the first modern edition of Shakespeare's plays, including scene divisions, ''dramatis personæ'' and a prefatory account of Shakespeare's life, the first substantial biography of him. *Publication of Ælfric of Eynsham's ''An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-day of St. Gregory'' translated from Old English by Elizabeth Elstob. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1709 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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