1577 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1577.

Events

• The Curtain Theatre is built in London.
• December 4 – John of the Cross, while imprisoned in Toledo, Spain, composes his Spiritual Canticle.^[1]

New books

Prose

• Certain Selected Histories for Christian Recreations (translation of Gesta Romanorum)
• Richard Eden – The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies
• John Frampton –, translated from the 1565 Spanish edition of Nicolás Monardes' Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales
• Thomas Hill – The Gardener's Labyrinth
• Raphael Holinshed – The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Irelande^[2]
• Marcin Kromer – Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo
• Teresa of Ávila – Camino de Perfección
• Johann Weyer – De praestigiis daemonum

Drama

• Arthur Golding – Abraham's Sacrifice published (translated from Theodore Beza's French play)

Poetry

• See 1577 in poetry

Births

• February 8 – Robert Burton, English scholar and author (died 1640)^[3]
• March/April – Gerhard Johann Vossius, Dutch theologian (died 1649)^[4]
• November 10 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet (died 1660)
• November 20 (baptized) – Samuel Purchas, English travel writer (died 1626)
• unknown dates
  • Richard Sibbes, English theologian (died 1635)
  • Gabriel Sionita, Lebanese-born Maronite Bible translator (died 1648)
  • Samuel Ward, English Puritan preacher and writer (died 1640)

Deaths

• March 6 – Remy Belleau, French poet (born 1528)
• April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco, Italian poet and musician (born c. 1524)
• May 5 – Viglius, Frisian statesman and writer (born 1507)
• October 7 – George Gascoigne, English poet (born c. 1535)
• Unknown dates
  • Richard Jugge, English printer (date of birth unknown)
  • Ralph Robinson, English writer and translator (born 1520 in literature)

Notes and References

1. Dom Philippe Chevalier. "Le Cantique spirituel de saint Jean de la Croix a-t-il été interpolé?". Bulletin Hispanique (October–December 1922) pp. 307–342 (French).
2. Kewes, Paulina; Archer, Ian W.; Felicity Heal, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles. Oxford: Oxford University Press. .
3. Book: Marshall Grossman. The Seventeenth - Century Literature Handbook. 11 January 2011. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-4443-9011-7. 160.
4. Book: Christopher Baker. Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary. 2002. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-30827-7. 393.