1642 in literature

1642 in literature

The year 1642 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

*The theatres in London are closed by the Puritan government on September 2; the "lascivious mirth and levity" of stage plays are to "cease and be forborn" for the next eighteen years, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Reportedly Richard Brome's "A Jovial Crew" is staged on the final day, and so is the last play performed during the era of English Renaissance theatre.

New books

* Sir Thomas Browne - "Religio Medici"
* Thomas Fuller - "The Holy State and the Profane State"
* Sir Walter Raleigh - "The Prince, or Maxims of State"

New drama

*François le Métel de Boisrobert - "La Belle Palène"
*Pierre Corneille - "Polyeucte"
*Francis Jaques - "The Queen of Corsica"
*Pierre du Ryer - "Saul"
*James Shirley - "The Sisters"
*Jan Vos - "Klucht van Oene"

New poetry

* Sir John Denham - "Cooper's Hill"
* Richard Lovelace - "To Althea, from Prison"

Births

*December 30 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, poet (died 1707)
*"probable" - Thomas Shadwell, dramatist (died 1692)
*"probable" - Edward Taylor, poet and author (died 1729)

Deaths

*May or June - Sir John Suckling, poet (born 1609)
*"date unknown" - Sir Francis Kynaston, poet (born 1587)
*"date unknown" - James Mabbe, poet (born 1572)


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