1636 in poetry
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Works published[]
- Richard Brathwaite, The Fatall Nuptiall; or, Mournefull Marriage, anonymously published[1]
- John Saltmarsh, Poemata sacra
- Wye Saltonstall, Ovids Heroicall Epistles, translated from the Latin of Ovid's Epistolae heriodum[1]
- Longinus, On the Sublime, an edition (not in English) by Gerard Langbaine at Oxford; a widely known edition; Ancient Greek criticism; twice reprinted before 1551 (see John Hall's translation, the first into English, 1652; and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's influential translation into French in 1674)[2]
Births[]
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 1 – Jacques Cassagne (died 1679), French clergyman, poet and moralist
- April 7 – Gregório de Matos, (died 1696), Brazilian Baroque poet
- November 1 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (died 1711), French poet and critic
- Also:
- Jean de Montigny (died 1671), French poet and philosopher
- Thomas Traherne, born this year or in 1637 (died 1674), English poet and religious writer
Deaths[]
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 19 – Daniel Schwenter (born 1585), German Orientalist, mathematician, inventor, poet and librarian
- August 25 – Bhai Gurdas (born 1551), Punjabi Sikh scholar, poet and scribe of the Adi Granth
See also[]
- Poetry
- 17th century in poetry
- 17th century in literature
Notes[]
- ^ a b Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Clark, Alexander Frederick Bruce (1971). Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660–1830). Franklin, Burt. pp. 308–309. ISBN 978-0-8337-4046-5. Retrieved 2010-02-11 – via Google Books.
Categories:
- 17th-century poetry
- 1636