1662 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1662.

Events

• February 15 – The first performance of Sir William Davenant's The Law Against Lovers – the first Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare, consisting of an amalgam of Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing – is given by the Duke's Company at its new theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.^[1]
• September 29 – Samuel Pepys in his diary calls the King's Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in London "the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life."^[2]
• October 18 – John Ogilby, Master of the Revels in Ireland, opens the first Theatre Royal, Dublin, in Smock Alley.^[3]
• December 26 – The première of Molière's comedy The School for Wives (L'École des femmes) is held at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris.^[4]
• unknown dates
  • Two autos sacramentales by Pedro Calderón de la Barca – Las órdenes militares and Mística y real Babilonia – are the subject of an inquiry by the Spanish Inquisition. The former is censured and its manuscript copies confiscated, and remains condemned until 1671.^[5]
  • The Parliament of England passes the first Printing Act of the Restoration era, the Licensing of the Press Act, which restricts London printing to a total of 24 printing houses, each with no more than three presses and three apprentices. Books printed abroad are banned.^[6] Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets.^[7]

New books

Prose

• Church of England – 1662 Book of Common Prayer^[8]
• Sarah Blackborow – The Oppressed Prisoners' Complaint^[9]
• Margaret Cavendish – Orations of Diverse Persons^[10]
• Cyrano de Bergerac (posthumous) – États et Empires du Soleil (The States and Empires of the Sun)^[11]
• Franciscus van den Enden – Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland (Brief Account of New Netherland)^[12]
• John Evelyn – Sculptura: or The history, and art of chalcography and engraving in copper...^[13]
• Thomas Fuller – The History of the Worthies of England^[14]
• John Heydon
  • The Harmony of the World^[15]
  • The English Physician's Guide^[16]
• Adam Olearius – The Voyages & Travels of the Ambassadors (translated by John Davies, of Kidwelly)^[17]

Drama

• Margaret Cavendish – Plays Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious and Excellent Princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle (closet dramas)^[18]
• Aston Cockayne – The Tragedy of Ovid published^[19]
• Pierre Corneille – Sertorius^[20]
• Sir William Davenant – The Law Against Lovers
• William Heminges – The Jews' Tragedy published^[21]
• Robert Howard – The Committee^[22]
• Francis Kirkman (probable compiler) – The Wits, or Sport for Sport (collection of drolleries)^[23]
• Thomas Middleton and John Webster – Anything for a Quiet Life published^[24]
• Molière – The School for Wives
• John Wilson – The Cheats^[25]

Poetry

• Joost van den Vondel – Joannes de Boetgezant^[26]
• Michael Wigglesworth – The Day of Doom, or A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement^[27]

Births

• January 27 – Richard Bentley, English classicist (died 1742)^[28]
• October 18 – Matthew Henry, English Bible commentator (died 1714)^[29]
• Baptized December 17 – Samuel Wesley, English poet and author (died 1735)^[30]
• unknown date – John Hudson, English classicist and librarian (died 1719)^[31]

Deaths

• March 10 – Samuel Hartlib, German-born English polymath (born 1600)^[32]
• March 30 – François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (born 1592)^[33]
• May – Daniel de Priézac, French political writer (born 1590)^[34]
• August 17 – Richard Hubberthorne, English Quaker preacher and writer (born 1628)^[35]
• August 19 – Blaise Pascal, French philosopher (born 1623)^[36]
• unknown date – Henry Jeanes, English controversialist and pamphleteer (born 1611)^[37]

Notes and References

1. Book: Shakespeare . William . Much Ado about Nothing . 2003 . Cambridge University Press . 9781139835244 . 26 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022830/https://books.google.com/books?id=A-CS5ZqATr4C&pg=PP26 . live .
2. Web site: Monday 29 September 1662 . 2022-04-27 . The Diary of Samuel Pepys . en-gb . 2021-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210929212758/http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1662/09/29/ . live .
3. Book: Dr Paul Salzman. Ms Jo Wallwork. Early Modern Englishwomen Testing Ideas. 28 May 2013. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-1-4094-7844-7. 109. 9 July 2020. 19 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719043933/https://books.google.com/books?id=DQHvICfBjEIC&pg=PA109. live.
4. Web site: School For Wives – Swan Theatre Company . www.swantheatrecompany.co.uk . 4 June 2018 . 28 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180628104339/http://www.swantheatrecompany.co.uk/school_for_wives/ . live .
5. Book: Fiore . Robert L. . Drama and Ethos: Natural-Law Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Theater . 2015 . University Press of Kentucky . 9780813162942 . 109 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2021-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211010234336/https://books.google.com/books?id=2dseBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 . live .
6. Web site: Charles II, 1662: An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Bookes and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses . www.british-history.ac.uk . 4 June 2018 . en . 9 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180309011806/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp428-435 . live .
7. Web site: Sir Roger L'Estrange – English journalist . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 June 2018 . en . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221042822/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-LEstrange . live .
8. Web site: 1662 Book of Common Prayer . Cambridge University Press . 4 June 2018 . en . 1 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180601035559/http://www.cambridge.org/bibles/prayer-books/book-common-prayer . live .
9. Book: Prior . Mary . Women in English Society, 1500–1800 . 2005 . Routledge . 9781134897292 . 1670 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022840/https://books.google.com/books?id=sdPjelkA40kC&pg=PA1670 . live .
10. Book: Olsen . Kirstin . Chronology of Women's History . 1994 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 9780313288036 . 77 . registration . en.
11. Web site: Les États et empires du soleil – Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) . Resources from the BnF . 4 June 2018 . en . 1662 . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221090828/https://data.bnf.fr/14589293/savinien_de_cyrano_de_bergerac_les_etats_et_empires_du_soleil/ . live .
12. Book: Bloemendal . Jan . Eversmann . Peter . Strietman . Elsa . Drama, Performance and Debate: Theatre and Public Opinion in the Early Modern Period . 2012 . BRILL . 9789004236998 . 315 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2021-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211008123238/https://books.google.com/books?id=pSczAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA315 . live .
13. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01001180018&indx=4&recIds=BLL01001180018&recIdxs=3&elementId=3&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbrSourceidDisplay=BLL01&frbrIssnDisplay=&vl(488279563UI0)=any&dscnt=0&frbrRecordsSource=Primo+Local&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&lastPag=&rfnGrp=frbr&frbrJtitleDisplay=&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1541343159690&frbg=508836490&lastPagIndx=1&frbrSrt=rank&frbrEissnDisplay=&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&tb=t&cs=frb&fctV=508836490&srt=rank&fctN=facet_frbrgroupid&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=John%20Evelyn%20Sculptura
14. Web site: Thomas Fuller – English scholar, preacher, and author . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 June 2018 . en . 8 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180408135916/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Fuller#ref4454 . live .
15. Book: Heydon . John . The Harmony of the World: Being a Discourse Wherein the Phaenomena of Nature are Consonantly Salved and Adapted to Inferiour Intellects . 1662 . Henry Brome . en . 2020-09-21 . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011001617/https://books.google.com/books?id=IQKHcgAACAAJ . live .
16. Book: Heydon . John . English Physician's Guide, Or A Holy Guide . Kessinger Publishing Co . English . 21 March 1993 . .
17. Bibliographical details Retrieved 12 September 2017.
18. Book: Dickinson . Peter . Higgins . Anne . Pierre . Paul Matthew St . Solomon . Diana . Zwagerman . Sean . Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice . 2014 . Rowman & Littlefield . 9781611476446 . 56 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022845/https://books.google.com/books?id=0KxEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 . live .
19. Book: Watson . George . The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature . 1974 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521200042 . 1893 . en.
20. Web site: Sertorius . lister.history.ox.ac.uk . 4 June 2018 . 17 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190317062118/http://lister.history.ox.ac.uk/index-page_id=653.html . live .
21. Book: Gilliland . Thomas . The Dramatic Mirror: Containing the History of the Stage from the Earliest Period to the Present Time . 1808 . C. Chapple . 373 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022830/https://books.google.com/books?id=9QAyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA373 . live .
22. Web site: Sir Robert Howard – English dramatist . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 June 2018 . en . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221042944/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Howard . live .
23. Web site: The Wits, or, Sport upon sport. Part I in select pieces of drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue: together with variety of humors of several nations, fitted for the pleasure and content of all persons, either in court, city, countrey, or camp: the like never before published. . ota.ox.ac.uk . 4 June 2018 . en . 16 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190116075142/http://ota.ox.ac.uk/tcp/headers/A66/A66801.html . live .
24. Book: Taylor . Gary . Lavagnino . John . Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture: A Companion to the Collected Works . 2007 . Oxford University Press . 9780199678730 . 67 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022846/https://books.google.com/books?id=eAoWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 . live .
25. Book: Partridge . Eric . A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American . 2015 . Routledge . 9781317445524 . 1552 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022830/https://books.google.com/books?id=LEXeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT1552 . live .
26. Book: Welch . Anthony . The Renaissance Epic and the Oral Past . 2012 . Yale University Press . 978-0300188998 . 1661 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011001119/https://books.google.com/books?id=JfGAQZV7xhgC&pg=PA1661 . live .
27. Web site: Michael Wigglesworth – American theologian and writer . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 June 2018 . en . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221042447/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Wigglesworth#ref74459 . live .
28. 2169. Bentley, Richard (1662–1742), philologist and classical scholar . Hugh . de Quehen . 2004.
29. Book: Henry . Matthew . Deuteronomy – Complete Bible Commentary Verse by Verse . 2018 . Selected Christian Literature . 9788582184141 . 5 . en . 2020-09-21 . 2022-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427022847/https://books.google.com/books?id=jIBSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5 . live .
30. 29070 . Wesley, Samuel (bap. 1662, d. 1735), Church of England clergyman and poet . Henry D. . Rack . 2004.
31. Web site: CreatorsHudson, John (1662-1719), classical scholar and Bodley's Librarian . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk . 4 June 2018 . 20 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820092815/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F47973 . live .
32. Web site: Hartlib, Samuel . galileo.rice.edu . 4 June 2018 . 30 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180530105541/http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/hartlib.html . live .
33. Web site: François Le Métel, seigneur de Boisrobert – French dramatist . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 June 2018 . en . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221043132/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Le-Metel-seigneur-de-Boisrobert . live .
34. Web site: Daniel de Priezac (1590–1662) . data.bnf.fr . 4 June 2018 . en . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221091708/https://data.bnf.fr/12105402/daniel_de_priezac/ . live .
35. 14018 . Hubberthorne, Richard (bap. 1628, d. 1662), Quaker activist . Catie . Gill . 2004 . 4 June 2018 . en.
36. Web site: Blaise Pascal - Biography, Facts, & Inventions . Encyclopedia Britannica . 4 June 2018 . en . 4 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180604071041/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blaise-Pascal . live .
37. 14677 . Jeanes, Henry (1611–1662), Church of England clergyman . J. William . Black . 4 June 2018 . en.