- 1674 in literature
The year 1674 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
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Isaac de Benserade is elected to the French Academy, along withPierre Daniel Huet .
*Thomas Ken andIzaak Walton visit Rome together.
* The newTheatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in March. Designed byChristopher Wren , it replaces the original theatre that burned down in1672 .
*The derivative nature of Restoration drama is richly displayed when theDuke's Company producesThomas Shadwell 's "operatic" re-adaptation of Dryden and Davenant's 1667 adaptation of "The Tempest ". In response, their rivals at theKing's Company stage "The Mock Tempest, or the Enchanted Castle" byThomas Duffet .New books
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Samuel Chappuzeau - "Le Théâtre français"
*John Evelyn - "Navigation and Commerce"
*John Josselyn - "An Account of the Voyages to New England", London: Printed for Giles Widdows
*Thomas Ken - "Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College"
*Anthony Wood - "Historia et antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis"New drama
*Anonymous (and
John Dryden ?) - "The Mistaken Husband "
* William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle - "The Triumphant Widow"
*Pierre Corneille - "Suréna"
*John Crowne - "Andromache"
*SirWilliam Davenant - "Macbeth", a "dramatic opera" adapted fromShakespeare 's play, is published
*Thomas Duffet (attributed to) - "The Amorous Old Woman"
**"The Empress of Morocco: a Farce"
**"The Mock Tempest "
*Nathaniel Lee - "The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome"Poetry
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Thomas Flatman - "Poems and Songs"Births
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January 15 -Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon , poet and dramatist (born1762 )
* June -Nicholas Rowe (dramatist) (born1718 )
* October -Thomas Ruddiman , classical scholar (born1757 )Deaths
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June 14 -Marin le Roy de Gomberville , poet and novelist (born1600 )
*August 13 -Lucidor , burlesque poet (born 1638) (killed in a duel)
* October - Robert Herrick (born1591 )
*November 8 -John Milton (born1608 )
*December 9 -Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (born1609 )
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