1697 in literature

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The year 1697 in literature involved some significant events.

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  • Mary Astell - A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Part II
  • Richard Blackmore - King Arthur
  • Thomas Burnet - Remarks upon An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (on John Locke)
  • William Congreve - The Birth of the Muse
  • William Dampier - A New Voyage Round the World
  • Daniel Defoe - An Essay Upon Projects (econ.)
  • John Dryden - Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique
    • - The Works of Virgil
  • John Evelyn - Numismata: A discourse of medals
  • Jane Lead - A Fountain of Gardens
  • John Locke - A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester
    • - Mr Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Letter
    • - A Second Vindication of the REasonableness of Christianity
  • Charles Perrault - Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals. Tales of Mother Goose (Histoires et contes du temps passé, avec des moralités. Contes de ma mère l'Oye)
  • John Phillips - Augustus Britannicus
  • Humphrey Prideaux - The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet
  • John Vanbrugh - The Relapse (perf. 1696, pub. 1697)
  • John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - Familiar Letters
  • William Wotton - Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (setting off the English "quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns")

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