1657 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Works published

• Nicholas Billingsley, Brachy-Martyrologia^[1]
• Henry Bold, Wit a Sporting in a Pleasant Grove of New Fancies^[1]
• William Davenant, Poems on Several Occasions
• Henry King, Poems, Elegies, Paradoxes, and Sonnets, published anonymously and in an unauthorized edition^[1]
• Joshua Poole, English Parnassus, an early handbook on poetry, with a preface signed "J. D.", apparently John Dryden^[2]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Arai Hakuseki (died 1725), Japanese poet, writer, and politician
• John Norris (died 1711), English theologian, philosopher and poet
• Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler (died 1706), German

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Richard Lovelace (born 1618), English poet
• Johann George Moeresius (born 1598), Polish poet and rector

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature

Notes