1645 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1645.

Events

• December – William Cavendish, later Duke of Newcastle, marries Margaret Lucas, whom he has met while himself in exile in France.^[1]
• unknown dates
  • With the London theatres closed by the Puritan regime during the English Civil War, closet drama grows in prominence. Henry Burkhead's Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery^[2] is written in this genre and the sisters Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Egerton probably complete their The Concealed Fansyes while besieged.

New books

Prose

• Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
  • De Causis Errorum (On the Causes of Errors)^[3]
  • De Religione Laici (On the Religion of the Laity)^[3]
• John Milton
  • Colasterion
  • Tetrachordon
• Elizabeth Richardson, Baroness Cramond – A Lady's Legacy to her Daughters^[4]
• Alexander Ross
  • Medicus Medicatus
  • The Philosophical Touchstone
• Francisco Manuel de Melo – Guerra de Cataluña
• Horacio Carochi – Arte de la lengua mexicana
• Daniello Bartoli – L'huomo di lettere
• Hermann Busenbaum – Medulla theologiae moralis

Drama

• Luis Quiñones de Benavente – Jocoseria. Burlas veras, o reprensión moral y festiva de los desórdenes públicos
• Molière – Le Médecin volant
• Paul Scarron – Jodelet

Poetry

• John Milton – Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, compos'd at several times (dated this year, published early 1646)
• Sheikh Muhammad – Yoga-samgrama
• Edmund Waller – Poems

Births

• August 14 – Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican priest, poet, geographer, and historian (died 1700)
• August 16 or 17 – Jean de La Bruyère, French essayist (died 1696)^[5]
• Unknown date – Edmund Bohun, English historian, publicist and political writer (died 1699)^[6]

Deaths

• April 17 – Daniel Featley, English Calvinist theologian (born 1582)
• August 28 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch polymath (born 1583)
• August 31 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)
• September 8 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish nobleman, politician and poet (born 1580)
• Unknown dates
  • Feng Menglong (馮夢龍), Chinese vernacular poet and author (born 1574)
  • William Lithgow, Scottish travel writer (born 1582)
  • John Paul Nazarius, Italian Dominican theologian (born 1556)

Notes and References

1. Book: Brandie R. Siegfried. Lisa T. Sarasohn. God and Nature in the Thought of Margaret Cavendish. 22 April 2016. Routledge. 978-1-317-12673-7. 211.
2. Book: Nicoll. History of English Drama, 1660-1900. 25 June 2009. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-10928-4. 394.
3. Book: Sarah Hutton. British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century. 2015. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-958611-0. 234.
4. Book: Smith . Melissa . Reading Early Modern Women: An Anthology of Texts in Manuscript and Print, 1550-1700 . 2004 . Psychology Press . 9780415966467 . 225 . en.
5. Book: O. Classe. [Anonymus AC02468681]. Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. 2000. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-884964-36-7. 787.
6. Book: Hartman . Jan . Reinders . Michel . Public Offices, Personal Demands: Capability in Governance in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic . 2009 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 9781443810968 . 234 . en.