1657 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1657.
Events
- Prohibition of young male actors in Japan.
- Madame de la Fayette becomes friends with Madame de Sévigné.
New books
Prose
- "William Allen" – Killing No Murder (variously attributed to Colonel Silius Titus, Edward Sexby or William Allen; Sexby admits authorship under duress)
- Cave Beck – The Universal Character
- Richard Kilburne – Typographie, a Brief Survey of the County of Kent
- Li Yu (probable author) – The Carnal Prayer Mat (published 1693)
- Richard Ligon – A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes
- Jeremy Taylor – Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship
- Brian Walton, Bishop of Chester – Polyglot Bible
- Baltasar Gracián – El criticón (third part)
- François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac – Pratique du théâtre
- Cyrano de Bergerac (posthumous) – L'Autre Monde: ou les États et Empires de la Lune ("Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon")
- Christiaan Huygens – De ratiociniis in ludo aleae
- Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
- Paul Scarron – Roman comique ("Comic romance", publication concluded)
Children
Les Jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance[1]
Drama
- Anonymous – Lust's Dominion (published, falsely attributed in some impressions to Marlowe; probably by Dekker and others, written c.1600)
- Richard Brome – The Queen's Exchange (published)
- Sir Aston Cockayne – The Obstinate Lady (published)
- Lodowick Carlell
- The Fool Would be a Favorite, or The Discreet Lover (published)
- The Tragedy of Osmond the Great Turk, or the Noble Servant (published)
- George Gerbier d'Ouvilly – The False Favourite Disgraced, and the Reward of Loyalty (published)
- Franciscus van den Enden – Philedonius
- Andreas Gryphius – Katharina von Georgien
- Thomas Jordan – Fancy's Festivals (masque) (published)
- Thomas Middleton (died 1627)
- No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's (published)
- Two New Plays; first publication of Women Beware Women and More Dissemblers Besides Women
Poetry
- William Davenant – Poems on Several Occasions
- Salvador Jacinto Polo de Medina – Gobierno moral, a Lelio
- Earl of Rebolledo – La selva sagrada o rimas sacras
- Angelus Silesius – Heilige Seelenlust (collection of hymns)
Births
- February 11 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle French author (died 1757)
- November 26 – William Derham, English natural philosopher and cleric (died 1735)
Deaths
- March 7 – Hayashi Razan (林羅山), Japanese philosopher (born 1583)
- August 29 – John Lilburne, English writer and agitator (born c. 1614)
- November 18 – Luke Wadding, Irish historian (born 1588)
- November 19 – Théodore Tronchin, Swiss theologian (born 1582)
- Unknown dates
- Richard Lovelace, English Cavalier poet (born 1617)
- Junije Palmotić, Ragusan (Dubrovnik) dramatist and poet (born c. 1606)
- Thomas Tuke, English controversialist and cleric (born c. 1580)
- Approximate year of death – Thomas Bayly, English religious controversialist (born early 17th century)[2]
References
- ↑ Children's Book Gallery Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Cambridge alumni database. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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