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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1762. ==Events== * Founding of the Sorbonne library. * The Académie française produces a new edition of its dictionary of the French language. * In Paris, the Comédie-Italienne is merged with the Opéra-Comique and performs at the Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre). * Benjamin Victor's adaptation of ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' (with expanded roles for the clown Launce and his dog) is staged by David Garrick at Drury Lane, and runs for five nights. It is the earliest known performance of that Shakespearean play in any form. * Christoph Martin Wieland begins publishing his prose translations of 22 Shakespearean plays, their first translations into German (in 8 volumes, through 1766). * Rev. Hugh Blair is appointed first Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh by King George III, the first such chair in English literature. 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「1762 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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