1654 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1654.
Events
- July – Lady Restoration era.[1]
New books
Prose
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery – Parlhenissa, a novel
- Martino Martini – De Bello Tartarico Historia
- John Milton – Defensio Secunda
- Richard Sherlock – The Quaker's Wilde Questions objected against the Ministers of the Gospel.[2]
Drama
- Anonymous – Alphonsus Emperor of Germany published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
- Alexander Brome – The Cunning Lovers
- Richard Flecknoe – Love's Dominion
- Henry Glapthorne (?) – Revenge for Honour published (wrongly attributed to George Chapman)
- James Howell – The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis (published)
- Thomas Jordan – Cupid His Coronation
- Thomas May – Two Tragedies, viz. Cleopatra and Agrippina (published)
- Robert Mead – The Combat of Love and Friendship (published)
- John Webster (and Thomas Heywood?) – Appius and Virginia (published)
- Álvaro Cubillo de Aragón
- El invisible príncipe del Baúl
- Las muñecas de Marcela
- El señor de Noches Buenas
- Agustín Moreto
- De fuera vendrá quien de casa te echará
- El desdén, con el desdén (first published)
- Cyrano de Bergerac – Le Pédant joué ("The Pedant Tricked")[3]
- Philippe Quinault – L'Amant indiscret
- Joost van den Vondel – Lucifer
Poetry
- Thomas Washbourne – Divine Poems
Births
- January 10 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar and fiction writer (died 1712)
- January 22 – Richard Blackmore, English poet and physician (died 1729)
- March –
- March 16 – Andreas Acoluthus, German Orientalist (died 1704)
- June 24 – Thomas Fuller, English writer and physician (died 1734)
- Unknown dates
- John Bellers, English writer and Quaker (died 1725)
- Gerrit van Spaan, Dutch writer (died 1711)
Deaths
- February 18 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French essayist (born 1697)
- February 19 – Edmund Chilmead, English writer and translator (born 1610)
- April 5 – Jacobus Trigland, Dutch theologian (born 1583)
- October – John Bastwick, English physician and controversialist (born 1593)
- November 30
- William Habington, English poet (born 1605)
- John Selden, English polymath (born 1584)
- December – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Ancram, Scottish nobleman and writer (born c. 1578)
- Unknown dates
- Walter Blith, English writer on husbandry (born 1605)[5]
- Edward Misselden, English mercantilist writer (born 1608)[6]
- Alexander Ross, Scottish controversialist (born c. 1590)
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-65040-3.
- ^ Lee, Sidney (1897). "Sherlock, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. LII. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 2007-11-14.The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6.
- ISBN 978-0-7876-4063-7.
- ISBN 978-0-521-20076-9.
- ISBN 978-0-472-02384-4.