1567 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1567.
Events
- October 14 – António Ferreira becomes Desembargador da Casa do Civel and leaves Coimbra for Lisbon.[1]
- unknown dates
- John Brayne builds the Red Lion theatre just east of the City of London. It is for touring productions and the first known playhouse to be purpose-built in the British Isles since Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the theatre survives beyond this summer's season. The only play known to be presented here is The Story of Sampson.[2]
- Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda's works are published following his death in 1565 by Timoneda, who tones down certain passages.
- Approximate date – Isabella Whitney becomes the earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in the English language with The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover (signed "I.W."), The Admonition by the Author to all Young Gentlewomen: And to all other Maids being in Love and An Order Prescribed, by Is. W., to two of her Younger Sisters Serving in London.[3]
New books
Prose
- Séon Carsuel, Bishop of the Isles – Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh, translation of John Knox's Book of Common Order, with some poems and prayers, into Classical Gaelic, the first publication in any Goidelic language, (printed in Latin script by Robert Lekprevik in Edinburgh and published April 24)
- Joan Perez de Lazarraga – Silbero, Silbia, Doristeo, and Sirena (MS in Basque)
- Magdeburger Centurien Magdeburg Centuries, volumes X–XI
- William Salesbury – Testament Newydd ein Arglwydd Iesv Christ, translation of the New Testament into Welsh (printed by Humphrey Toy in London and published October 7)
Drama
Poetry
See main article: 1567 in poetry.
Births
Deaths
In literature
Notes and References
- Ferreira, Antonio. 10. 285.
- Book: Bowsher . Julian . Miller . Pat . The Rose and the Globe — Playhouses of Shakespeare's Bankside, Southwark . 2010 . Museum of London . 978-1-901992-85-4 . 19.
- Book: Cox, Michael . The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . registration . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 0-19-860634-6.
- Web site: Thomas Campion English poet and musician . Encyclopedia Britannica . 20 April 2021 . en.
- 265. Francis J. . Bremer. Alabaster, William.
- Nicholl, Charles. A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1984. Page 11.
- Web site: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Valens Acidalius.
- Book: Živojin Boškov . Živan Milisavac . 1971 . Jugoslovenski književni leksikon . Yugoslav Literary Lexicon . . sh . Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia) . 106 .