1678 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

• Thomas Otway, escaping from an unhappy love affair, obtains a commission in the army.
• Printer Joseph Moxon becomes the first tradesman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

[edit] New books

• John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress
• Madame de la Fayette - La Princesse de Clèves (published anonymously)

[edit] New drama

• John Dryden - All for Love
• Samuel Pordage - The Siege of Babylon
• Nahum Tate - Brutus of Alba

[edit] Poetry

• Anne Bradstreet - Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (posthumously published)
• Samuel Butler - Hudibras, Part 3
• Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter - Själens aandelige Sangoffer ("The Souls Spiritual Offering of Song")

[edit] Non-fiction

• Ralph Cudworth - The True Intellectual System of the Universe
• Sir Thomas Herbert - Threnodia Carolina

[edit] Births

• May - Anna Maria van Schurman, poet
• July - Thomas Hearne, editor of medieval manuscripts (died 1735)
• December 14 - Daniel Neal, historian (died 1743)
• date unknown - George Farquhar, dramatist (died 1707)

[edit] Deaths

• August 16 - Andrew Marvell (born 1621)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Stanley (born 1625)
  • Richard Flecknoe (born c.1600)
  • Thomas Sherlock, theologian