1592 in literature

1592 in literature

Events

*"Ulysses Redux", a Latin play by William Gager, is staged by the students of Christ Church, Oxford on February 5. Two days later, on February 7, the students revive Gager's 1583 Latin play "Rivales" (now lost). "Rivales" is performed again on September 26, with Queen Elizabeth in the audience, during her second visit to the university.
*Isaac Casaubon publishes his edition of Theophrastus's "Characteres", setting him on a career as an editor.
*From June through the remainder of the year, the London theatres are almost continuously closed due to an epidemic of bubonic plague. The closure will continue through 1593 and into 1594.

New books

*Robert Greene - "Greene's Groatsworth of Wit, Bought with a Million of Repentance"
** - "The Repentance of Robert Greene"
** - "A Quip for an Upstart Courtier"
*Richard Johnson - "Nine Worthies of London"
*The earliest extant edition of Thomas Kyd's "The Spanish Tragedy" is undated, but almost certainly was printed in 1592

New drama

*Anonymous (sometimes attributed to Shakespeare) - "Arden of Feversham" published
*Anonymous - "A Knack to Know a Knave"
*William Gager - "Ulysses Redux" (Latin)
*John Lyly - "Gallathea" and "Midas" published
*Christopher Marlowe - "Edward II"
*Thomas Nashe - "Summer's Last Will and Testament"

Poetry

*Henry Constable - "Diana"
*Michael Drayton - "The Shepherd's Garland"
*Gabriel Harvey - "Foure Letters and certaine Sonnets"

Births

* January 22 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist (died 1655)
* March 28 - Comenius, Czech teacher and writer (died 1670)
* July 10 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660)
*"date unknown"
**François le Métel de Boisrobert, poet (died 1662)
**Abraham Elzevir, printer (died 1652)
**Henry King, poet (died 1669)
**Francis Quarles, poet (died 1644)

Deaths

* September 3 - Robert Greene, English writer (born 1558)
* September 13 - Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (born 1533)
*"date unknown"
**Amadis Jamyn, poet (born 1538)


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