1577 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1577.
Events
[edit]- The Curtain Theatre is built in London.
- December 4 – John of the Cross, while imprisoned in Toledo, Spain, composes his Spiritual Canticle.[1]
New books
[edit]Prose
[edit]- Certain Selected Histories for Christian Recreations (translation of Gesta Romanorum)
- Richard Eden – The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies
- John Frampton –
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, translated from the 1565 Spanish edition of Nicolás Monardes' Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales
- Thomas Hill – The Gardener's Labyrinth
- Raphael Holinshed – The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Irelande[2]
- Marcin Kromer – Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo
- Teresa of Ávila – Camino de Perfección
- Johann Weyer – De praestigiis daemonum
Drama
[edit]- Arthur Golding – Abraham's Sacrifice published (translated from Theodore Beza's French play)
Poetry
[edit]- See 1577 in poetry
Births
[edit]- February 8 – Robert Burton, English scholar and author (died 1640)[3]
- March/April – Gerhard Johann Vossius, Dutch theologian (died 1649)[4]
- November 10 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet (died 1660)
- November 20 (baptized) – Samuel Purchas, English travel writer (died 1626)
- unknown dates
- Richard Sibbes, English theologian (died 1635)
- Gabriel Sionita, Lebanese-born Maronite Bible translator (died 1648)
- Samuel Ward, English Puritan preacher and writer (died 1640)
Deaths
[edit]- March 6 – Remy Belleau, French poet (born 1528)
- April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco, Italian poet and musician (born c. 1524)
- May 5 – Viglius, Frisian statesman and writer (born 1507)
- October 7 – George Gascoigne, English poet (born c. 1535)
- Unknown dates
- Richard Jugge, English printer (date of birth unknown)
- Ralph Robinson, English writer and translator (born 1520 in literature)
References
[edit]- ^ Dom Philippe Chevalier. "Le Cantique spirituel de saint Jean de la Croix a-t-il été interpolé?". Bulletin Hispanique (October–December 1922) pp. 307–342 (French).
- ^ Kewes, Paulina; Archer, Ian W.; Felicity Heal, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-956575-7.
- ^ Marshall Grossman (11 January 2011). The Seventeenth - Century Literature Handbook. John Wiley & Sons. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4443-9011-7.
- ^ Christopher Baker (2002). Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-313-30827-7.