1598 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• September 22 - Ben Jonson is charged with manslaughter.
• Lancelot Andrewes turns down the bishoprics of both Ely and Salisbury.
• Lope de Vega marries Juana de Guardo.

[edit] New books

• John Marston - The Scourge of Villanie
• Francis Meres - Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury
• John Bodenham - Politeuphuia (Wits' Commonwealth)

[edit] New drama

• Henry Chettle, Henry Porter & Ben Jonson - Hot Anger Soon Cold
• Robert Greene - The Scottish Historie of James the Fourth
• Ben Jonson - Every Man in His Humour
• Christopher Marlowe - Hero and Leander (completed by George Chapman and published after Marlowe's death)

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Non-fiction

• King James VI of Scotland - The Trew Law of Free Monarchies
• John Stow - Survey of London

[edit] Births

• August 7 - Georg Stiernhielm, poet

[edit] Deaths

• January 9 - Jasper Heywood, translator
• December 6 - Paolo Paruta, historian
• December 15 - Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, statesman and author
• date unknown
  • Friedrich Dedekind, theologian
  • Jacopo Mazzoni, philosopher
  • Heinrich Rantzau, humanist writer