1782 in literature: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

See also: 1781 in literature, other events of 1782, 1783 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

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• Les liaisons dangereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
• Letters from an American Farmer - J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
• The Diverting History of John Gilpin - William Cowper
• Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk - William Cowper

• unknown date - Charlotte Dacre, English author

• April 12 - Metastasio, Italian poet