1652 in literature
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1652.
Events
- March/April â John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year.[1]
- unknown date â A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature.[2]
New books
Prose
- Anonymous â Eliza's Babes, or the Virgin's Offering
- Elias Ashmole â Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum.
- Nicholas Culpepper â The English Physitian, or, An astrologo-physical discourse on the vulgar herbs of this nation, being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself, being sick (later known as The Complete Herbal)
- Owen Feltham â Brief Character of the Low Countries
- Antonio Rocco â L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola (Alcibiades the schoolboy)
- Thomas Urquhart â The Jewel (Ekskybalauron): a vindication of the honor of Scotland
- Henry Vaughan â Mount of Olives
- Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (Eugenius Philalethes) â The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R:C:
- Gerrard Winstanley â The Law of Freedom
Drama
- Anonymous â The Bastard
- Richard Brome â A Jovial Crew
- Francis Goldsmith â Sophompaneas, or Joseph (a translation of Hugo Grotius's tragedy)
- Thomas Middleton â The Widow
- John Tatham â The Scots Figgaries
- Pedro Calderon de la Barca â La fiera, el rayo y la piedra
- AgustÃn Moreto
- San Franco de Siena
- El parecido en la corte
- Luis Velez de Guevara â Reinar después de morir
- François le Métel de Boisrobert â Les Trois Orontes
Poetry
- Edward Benlowes â Theophilia or Love's Sacrifice
- Richard Crashaw â Deo Nostro Te Decet Hymnus
- Antonio EnrÃquez Gómez â Sansón Nazareno
- Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa â PoesÃas varias, heroicas, satÃricas y amorosas
Births
- March 2 â Thomas Otway, English dramatist (died 1685)
- April 13 â Thomas Ward, English Catholic writer (died 1708)
- May â Jane Barker, English poet and dramatist (died 1732)
- Unknown date â Nahum Tate, Irish poet and dramatist (died 1715)
Deaths
- February 28 â Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist writer (born 1604)
- April 12 â John Vicars, English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War (born 1582)
- May â Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet (born 1602)
- May 5 â Mary (née Powell), English wife of John Milton (born 1625)
- June 25 â Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, poet, and hymn writer (born 1593)
- August 14 â Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer, proprietor of the House of Elzevir (born 1592)
- October â Arthur Wilson, English playwright, historian, and poet (born 1595)
- October 8 â John Greaves, English antiquary (born 1602)
- October 20 â Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1611)
- November 29 â Francesco Angeloni, Italian historian, novelist, dramatist and collector (born 1587)
- December 2 â Christopher Elderfield, English theologian (born 1607)[3]
- December 23 â John Cotton, English-born American theologian and minister (born 1585)