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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of
1638
.
Events
January 3
–
Joost van den Vondel
's historical play
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
is first performed, to mark the opening of the
Schouwburg of Van Campen
,
Amsterdam
's first public theatre (postponed from 26 December 1637). It is then performed annually in the city on
New Year's Day
until 1968.
February 6
–
Luminalia
, a
masque
written by Sir
William Davenant
and designed by
Inigo Jones
, is staged at the English Court.
March 27
– The
King's Men
perform
Chapman
's tragedy
Bussy D'Ambois
at the English Court.
May – English poet
John Milton
sets out for a tour of the European continent. He spends the summer in
Florence
[1]
where he later claims to have met the incarcerated
Galileo
.
[2]
October 27
– The King's Men act
Ben Jonson
's satirical
city comedy
Volpone
(1606) at the
Blackfriars Theatre
in London.
unknown dates
An
Armenian language
edition of the
Psalms
printed in
New Julfa
(
Isfahan
) is the first book printed in
Persia
.
The
Peking Gazette
, official
newspaper
of the Ming Government in
Beijing
, makes a switch in its production process from
woodblock printing
to wooden
movable type
printing
.
[3]
Swiss-born engraver
Matthäus Merian
produces his illustrated view of London.
[4]
New books
Prose
Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully
–
Mémoires ou Sages et Royales Oeconomies d'estat
Méric Casaubon
–
A Treatise of Use and Custom
Johann Amos Comenius
–
Janua Linguarum Reserata, or a Seed-Plot of All Languages and Sciences
Sir
Kenelm Digby
–
A Conference With a Lady About a Choice of Religion
Robert Fludd
–
Philosophia Moysaica
Juan Rodriguez Freyle
–
El Carnero
Francis Godwin
,
Bishop of Hereford
(died 1633; as Domingo Gonsales) –
The Man in the Moone, or the Discovrse of a Voyage thither
, an early example of
science fiction
[5]
John Lilburne
–
A Work of the Beast
Philip Massinger
–
The Duke of Milan
(
second quarto
)
John Pell
–
An Idea of Mathematicks
Francisco de Quevedo
–
De los remedios de cualquier fortuna
Captain John Underhill
–
News from America, or a New and Experimental Discovery of New England
John Wilkins
–
The Discovery of a World in the Moon
Drama
Richard Brome
–
The Antipodes
Antonio Coello
–
El conde de Sex, o Dar la vida por su dama
Pierre Corneille
–
Le Cid
(first English translation)
Abraham Cowley
–
Naufragium Joculare
(in
Latin
)
William Davenant
The Unfortunate Lovers
The Fair Favorite
Luminalia
(
masque
)
Brittania Triumphans
(masque)
John Ford
The Lady's Trial
licensed
The Fancies Chaste and Noble
published
Thomas Heywood
–
The Wise Woman of Hoxton
published
Henry Killigrew
–
The Conspiracy
published
John Kirke (?) or
Wentworth Smith
(?) –
The Seven Champions of Christendom
published
Tirso de Molina
–
Las Quinas de Portugal
Thomas Nabbes
–
The Bride
Thomas Randolph
–
Amyntas, or the Impossible Dowry
published
William Rowley
–
A Shoemaker a Gentleman
published
Pierre du Ryer
–
Alcione
James Shirley
The Royal Master
performed and published
The Duke's Mistress
published
Sir
John Suckling
–
The Goblins
Lope de Vega
–
Porfiar hasta morir
Juan Pérez de Montalbán
Los amantes de Teruel
Tomo II de comedias
Poetry
John Barclay
–
The Mirror of Minds
(posthumous)
Richard Braithwaite
(alias "Corymbaeus") –
Barnabee's Journal
(In Latin and English versions)
William Davenant
–
Madagascar, with other Poems
Shackerley Marmion
–
A Funeral Sacrifice, to the Sacred Memory of his Thrice-Honored Father, Ben Jonson
John Milton
–
Lycidas
Births
January 1
–
Nicolas Steno
(Niels Steenson), Danish scientist (died
1686
)
January 24
–
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
, English poet (died
1706
)
May 13
–
Richard Simon
, French Biblical commentator (died
1712
)
August 6
–
Nicolas Malebranche
, French philosopher (died
1715
)
October –
Edmé Boursault
, French dramatist and miscellanist (died
1701
)
probable
–
Hannah Allen
, English Protestant writer (year of death unknown)
[6]
Deaths
January 27
–
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses
, Spanish novelist (born c. 1585)
April 19
–
Jeremias Drexel
, German Jesuit religious writer (born
1581
)
June 25
–
Juan Pérez de Montalbán
, Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist (born c. 1602)
[7]
December 8
–
Ivan Gundulić
, Croatian Baroque poet (born
1589
)
c. December –
John Day
, English playwright and poet (born
1574
)
References
^
Lewalski, Barbara K.
(2003).
The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography
(Revised ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
ISBN
9780631176657
.
^
Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England
. 1644.
^
Zhi Dao.
History of Printing in China
. DeepLogic. p. 77.
^
Matthaeus Merian.
Matthew Merian's View of London, 1638
.
^
Poole, William (2010). "Kepler's
Somnium
and Francis Godwin's
The Man in the Moone
: Births of Science-Fiction 1593–1638". In Houston, Chloë (ed.).
New Worlds Reflected: Travel and Utopia in the Early Modern Period
. Farnham: Ashgate. pp. 57–70.
ISBN
978-0-7546-6647-9
.
^
"Hannah Allen"
.
www.oxforddnb.com
. Retrieved
8 June
2017
.
^
George Ticknor (1849).
History of Spanish Literature
. pp. 299–.
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