1642 in literature
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The year 1642 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- The theatres in London are closed by the Puritan government on September 2; the "lascivious mirth and levity" of stage plays are to "cease and be forborn" for the next eighteen years, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Reportedly Richard Brome's A Jovial Crew is staged on the final day, and so is the last play performed during the era of English Renaissance theatre.
[edit] New books
- Sir Thomas Browne - Religio Medici
- Thomas Fuller - The Holy State and the Profane State
- Sir Walter Raleigh - The Prince, or Maxims of State
[edit] New drama
- François le Métel de Boisrobert - La Belle Palène
- Pierre Corneille - Polyeucte
- Francis Jaques - The Queen of Corsica
- Pierre du Ryer - Saul
- James Shirley - The Sisters
- Jan Vos - Klucht van Oene
[edit] New poetry
- Sir John Denham - Cooper's Hill
- Richard Lovelace - "To Althea, from Prison"
[edit] Births
- December 30 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, poet (died 1707)
- probable - Thomas Shadwell, dramatist (died 1692)
- probable - Edward Taylor, poet and author (died 1729)
[edit] Deaths
- May or June - Sir John Suckling, poet (born 1609)
- date unknown - Sir Francis Kynaston, poet (born 1587)
- date unknown - James Mabbe, poet (born 1572)
