1681 in literature

1681 in literature

The year 1681 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

*Birth of Abigail Williams, much later a central character in Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible".

New books

*Robert Knox - "An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon"
*Anne Lefèvre - "Anacreon and Sappho"

New drama

*Aphra Behn - "The False Count" and "The Roundheads"
*John Crowne - "Thyestes"
*Thomas d'Urfey - "Sir Barnaby Whigg"
*Edward Ravenscroft - "The London Cuckolds"
*Thomas Shadwell - "The Lancashire Witches" (adapted from Brome and Heywood's "The Late Lancashire Witches")
*Nahum Tate - "The Sicilian Usurper" (adapted from Shakespeare's "Richard II")
** - "The Ingratitude of a Common-Wealth" (adapted from "Coriolanus")

Poetry

*Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery - "Poems on Most of the Festivals of the Church"
*John Dryden - "Absalom and Achitophel" (part 1)
*Andrew Marvell - "Miscellaneous Poems" (posthumously published)

Births

* March 18 - Esther Johnson, the "Stella" of Jonathan Swift (died 1728)
* November 17 - Pierre François le Courayer, Roman Catholic theologian (died 1776)

Deaths

* May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1600)


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