1652 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1652.
Events[edit]
- March/April – John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year.[1]
- unknown date – A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature.[2]
New books[edit]
Prose[edit]
- Anonymous – Eliza's Babes, or the Virgin's Offering
- Elias Ashmole – Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum.
- Nicholas Culpepper – 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 – Brief Character of the Low Countries
- Antonio Rocco – L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola (Alcibiades the schoolboy)
- Thomas Urquhart – The Jewel (Ekskybalauron): a vindication of the honor of Scotland
- Henry Vaughan – Mount of Olives
- Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (Eugenius Philalethes) – The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R:C:
- Gerrard Winstanley – The Law of Freedom
Drama[edit]
- Anonymous – The Bastard
- Richard Brome – A Jovial Crew
- Francis Goldsmith – Sophompaneas, or Joseph (a translation of Hugo Grotius's tragedy)
- Thomas Middleton – The Widow
- John Tatham – The Scots Figgaries
- Pedro Calderon de la Barca – La fiera, el rayo y la piedra
- Agustín Moreto
- San Franco de Siena
- El parecido en la corte
- Luis Velez de Guevara – Reinar después de morir
- François le Métel de Boisrobert – Les Trois Orontes
Poetry[edit]
- Edward Benlowes – Theophilia or Love's Sacrifice
- Richard Crashaw – Deo Nostro Te Decet Hymnus
- Antonio Enríquez Gómez – Sansón Nazareno
- Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa – Poesías varias, heroicas, satíricas y amorosas
Births[edit]
- March 2 – Thomas Otway, English dramatist (died 1685)
- April 13 – Thomas Ward, English Catholic writer (died 1708)
- May – Jane Barker, English poet and dramatist (died 1732)
- Unknown date – Nahum Tate, Irish poet and dramatist (died 1715)
Deaths[edit]
- February 28 – Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist writer (born 1604)
- April 12 – John Vicars, English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War (born 1582)
- May – Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet (born 1602)
- May 5 – Mary (née Powell), English wife of John Milton (born 1625)
- June 25 – Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, poet, and hymn writer (born 1593)
- August 14 – Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer, proprietor of the House of Elzevir (born 1592)
- October – Arthur Wilson, English playwright, historian, and poet (born 1595)
- October 8 – John Greaves, English antiquary (born 1602)
- October 20 – Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1611)
- November 29 – Francesco Angeloni, Italian historian, novelist, dramatist and collector (born 1587)
- December 2 – Christopher Elderfield, English theologian (born 1607)[3]
- December 23 – John Cotton, English-born American theologian and minister (born 1585)
References[edit]
- ^ David Masson (1877). The Life of John Milton: 1649-1654. Macmillan and Company. p. 427.
- ^ African Literature Association. Meeting (2005). North-south Linkages and Connections in Continental and Diaspora African Literatures. Africa World Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-59221-157-9.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1910). Papers by command. HMSO. p. iii.