1602 in literature
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The year 1602 in literature involved some significant literary events and new works.
Events
- February 2 – The King's Men perform Twelfth Night at the Middle Temple in London.
- May – Henry Wotton returns to Florence having disclosed a plot to murder King James VI of Scotland.[1]
- May 4 – Richard Hakluyt is installed as prebendary of Westminster Abbey.[2]
- November 8 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford opens to scholars.
New books
- Thomas Campion – Observations in the Art of English Poetry
- Richard Carew – A Survey of Cornwall
- Sir Hugh Plat – Delightes for Ladies (book of recipes and household hints)
New drama
- Anonymous – A Larum for London, or The Siedge of Antwerpe with the ventrous actes and valorous deeds of the lame soldier published
- Henry Chettle – Hoffmann
- John Davies of Hereford – Mirum in Modum
- Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton – Blurt, Master Constable
- Ben Jonson – The Poetaster published
- Sir David Lyndsay (died c. 1555) – Humanity and Sensuality and A Satire of the Three Estates published
- John Marston – Antonio and Mellida published
- William Shakespeare – Hamlet performed (latest date), The Merry Wives of Windsor published
- "W.S." – Thomas Lord Cromwell published[3]
Poetry
Main article: 1602 in poetry
- Giambattista Marino – Le Rime
- Cristóbal de Virués – El Monserrate segundo
Births
- March 29 – John Lightfoot, theologian (died 1675)
- May 2 – Athanasius Kircher, scholar (died 1680)
- May 10 – Samuel Newman, Biblical commentator (died 1663)
- date unknown
- Robert Baillie, Protestant historian (died 1662)
- Juan Pérez de Montalbán, dramatist and poet (died 1638)
Deaths
- February 13 – Alexander Nowell, theologian (born c.1507)
- September 14 -Jean Passerat, poet and satirist (born 1534)
- October 13 – Franciscus Junius (the elder), theologian (born 1545)
- October 30 – Jean-Jacques Boissard, poet (born 1528)
- date unknown – Jean Pithou, author (born 1534)
References
- ↑
Lee, Sidney (1900). "Wotton, Henry". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ↑ Richard S. Westfall (1995). "Hakluyt, Richard". The Galileo Project. Retrieved 21 April 2007.
- ↑ Shakespeare, William and others (2013). Collaborative Plays. The RSC Shakespeare. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-27144-0.
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