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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1787. ==Events== *January 15 - Ann Ward marries William Radcliffe, gaining the surname under which she will become known as a writer of Gothic novels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=eNotes )〕 *April 16 - Royall Tyler's ''The Contrast'' becomes the first comedy written by an American citizen to be professionally produced, at the John Street Theatre (Manhattan). *April 17 - The Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' ''Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'' is published by William Creech including a portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth. The poet has great social success in the city's literary circles. *June 27 - Just before midnight, Edward Gibbon completes the writing of ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' in the small summerhouse in his garden in Lausanne, Switzerland. *November 21 - François-Joseph Talma makes his professional stage debut at the Comédie-Française as Seide in Voltaire's ''Mahomet''. *December 4 - Robert Burns meets Agnes Maclehose at a party given by Miss Erskine Nimmo. *King George III of Great Britain issues a ''Proclamation for the Discouragement of Vice'' which can be used to prosecute obscene publications. *Friedrich Schiller arrives in Weimar. 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「1787 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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