1627 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1627.

Events

• January 1 – Menasseh Ben Israel, founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam, produces its first publication, a Spanish rite prayer book.^[1]

New books

Prose

• Francis Bacon (died 1626) – Sylva Sylvarum, or A Natural History and New Atlantis^[2]
• Jean-Pierre Camus – Hyacinthe
• George Hakewill – An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God^[3]
• Marin Mersenne – Traité de l'harmonie universelle^[4]
• Honoré d'Urfé (died 1625) – L'Astrée (completed)

New drama

• William Davenant – The Cruel Brother
• William Hawkins – Apollo Shroving
• Philip Massinger – The Great Duke of Florence^[5]
• Thomas Vincent – Paria (in Latin)

Poetry

See main article: 1627 in poetry.

• Michael Drayton – miscellaneous poems, including The Battle of Agincourt, First Steps up Parnassus, and Nymphidia
• Phineas Fletcher – Locustae, vel Pietas Jesuitica (in Latin and English)

Births

• August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English printer and lexicographer (died 1691)
• September 27 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French theologian (died 1704)
• November 29 – John Ray, English naturalist (died 1705)
• Unknown dates
  • John Flavel, English religious writer and Presbyterian minister (died 1691)
  • Dorothy Osborne, English literary correspondent (died 1695)

Deaths

• April 12 (burial) – John Minsheu, English linguist and lexicographer (born 1560)
• April 19 – John Beaumont, English dramatist and poet (born 1583)^[6]
• May 24 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish lyric poet (born 1561)^[7]
• June 22 – Lawrence Beyerlinck, Flemish theologian and encyclopedist (born 1578)
• June 27 – John Hayward, English historian (born c.1560)
• July 4 (burial) – Thomas Middleton, English dramatist and poet (born 1580)
• September 20 – Jan Gruter, Flemish critic (born 1560)
• September 29 – Johannes Acronius, Dutch theologian (born 1565)
• October – Bernardo de Balbuena, Spanish-born Latin American poet (born 1561)
• December – Henry Condell, English actor, co-compiler of the First Folio (date of birth unknown)

Notes and References

1. Book: Marvin J. Heller. Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book. 26 December 2007. BRILL. 978-90-474-2392-8. 246.
2. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis and The Great Instauration, Jerry Weinberger, ed., (Wheeling, IL: Crofts Classics, 1989), xxv–xxvi, xxxi.
3. P. E. McCullough, ‘Hakewill, George (bap. 1578, d. 1649)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 19 July 2009
4. Book: Kerry Scott Grant. Dr. Burney as Critic and Historian of Music. 1983. UMI Research Press. 978-0-8357-1375-7. 57. en.
5. Ward, Adolphus William. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne. London, Macmillan, 1875, Vol. 2, p. 275.
6. Beaumont, Sir John . 3 . Gosse . Edmund William . Edmund Gosse . 591 - 592 . 1.
7. Book: Hugh Chisholm. James Louis Garvin. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information. 1926. Encyclcopædia Britannica. 234.