1612 in literature
- 1612 in literature
The year 1612 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
*On January 6,
Ben Jonson 'smasque "Love Restored " is performed.
*The King's Men andQueen Anne's Men unite for two Court performances in January: they act Heywood's "The Silver Age" on January 12, and his "The Rape of Lucrece" on January 13. Queen Anne's Men return on February 2 to play "Greene's Tu Quoque ".
*On May 11,Shakespeare testifies in theBellott v. Mountjoy lawsuit.
*Death of Carlos Félix, the favourite son ofLope de Vega .
*TheAccademia della Crusca publishes the first dictionary of theItalian language .
*Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales , eldest son and heir to KingJames I of England , dies oftyphoid on November 6. His coterie of followers, which included literary figures likeBen Jonson andJohn Selden , are forced to seek other patrons.New books
*
John Brinsley - "Ludus literarius; or The Grammar Schoole"
*John Davies - "Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued"
*John Davies of Hereford - "The Picture of a Happy Man"
*Edward Grimeston - "The General History of the Spain"
** - "The General History of the Magnificent State of Venice"
*Thomas Heywood - "An Apology for Actors"
*Antonius Magirus - "Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck"
*Francisco de Quevedo - "La cuna y la sepultura"New drama
*
George Chapman - "The Widow's Tears " published
*Robert Daborne - "A Christian Turn'd Turk " published
*Nathan Field - "A Woman is a Weathercock" published
*Ben Jonson - "Love Restored " (masque )
*John Webster - "The White Devil " publishedPoetry
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Luis de Góngora - "Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea)"
*Expanded edition of "The Passionate Pilgrim "
*George Wither - Elegy on the death ofHenry Frederick, Prince of Wales Births
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February 28 - John Pearson, theologian and scholar (died1686 )
*December 4 - Samuel Butler, poet (died1680 )
*"date unknown" -Antoine Arnauld , theologian and philosopher (born1694 )
*"date unknown" -Thomas Killigrew , dramatist (died1683 )
*"date unknown" - Edward King, British poet (died1637 )
*"probable" -John Rushworth , author of the "Rushworth Collections" (died1690 )
*"date unknown" -Anne Bradstreet , female Colonial American Poet (died1672 )Deaths
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March 16 - Thomas Holland, theologian and translator of the Bible (born1539 )
*April 11 -Emanuel van Meteren , historian (born1535 )
*July 29 -Jacques Bongars , diplomat and scholar (born1554 )
*August 4 -Hugh Broughton , Biblical scholar (born1549 )
*September -Giovanni de' Bardi , music theorist and critic (born1534 )
*September 27 -Piotr Skarga , hagiographer (born1536 )
*October 7 -Giovanni Battista Guarini , poet (born1538 )
*"date unknown" -Robert Armin , actor (born1563 )
*"date unknown" -Pierre de Larivey , dramatist (born c1550 )
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