1662 in literature

1662 in literature

The year 1662 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

* Two "autos sacramentales" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, entitled "Las órdenes militares" and "Mística y real Babilonia", are the subject of an inquiry by the Inquisition; the former is censured, its manuscript copies confiscated, and remains condemned until 1671.
* Robert Herrick returns to his parish in Devon, following the Restoration.
* On September 29, Samuel Pepys sees the King's Company production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In his Diary, he calls it "The most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life."
*Parliament passes the first Printing Act of the Restoration era, the Licensing of the Press Act 1662, which restricts London printers to a total of 24, each with no more than 3 presses and 3 apprentices. Books printed abroad are banned.

New books

*"Book of Common Prayer" (revised)
*Margaret Cavendish - "Orations of Diverse Persons"
** - "Plays Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious and Excellent Princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle" (closet dramas)
*Franciscus van den Enden - "Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland (Brief Account of New Netherland)"
*Thomas Fuller - "The History of the Worthies of England"
*John Heydon - "The Harmony of the World"
** - "The English Physician's Guide"
** - "Theomagia", Part 1
*Huang Zongxi - "Waiting for the Dawn"
*Baruch Spinoza - "On the Improvement of the Understanding"

New drama

*Aston Cockayne – "The Tragedy of Ovid" published
*Pierre Corneille - "Sertorius"
*Sir William Davenant - "The Law Against Lovers"
*William Heminges - "The Jews' Tragedy" published
*Robert Howard - "The Committee"
*Francis Kirkman - "The Wits, or Sport for Sport"
*Thomas Middleton & John Webster - "Anything for a Quiet Life" published
*Molière - "L'école des femmes (The School for Wives)"
*Ferdinando Parkhurst - "Ignoramus" (English translation of George Ruggle's Latin play)
*John Wilson - "The Cheats"

Poetry

*Michael Wigglesworth - "The Day of Doom, or A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement"

Births

* January 27 - Richard Bentley (born 1742)
* October 18 - Matthew Henry (born 1714)

Deaths

* March 30 - François le Métel de Boisrobert (born 1592)
* August 19 - Blaise Pascal (born 1623)


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