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1623 in literature

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1623 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1623.

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Events

  • February 2 (Candlemas) – The King's Men perform Twelfth Night at the court of King James I of England.
  • June 29Pedro Calderón de la Barca makes his debut as a playwright, his Amor, honor y poder (Love, Honor and Power) being performed at the Spanish Court. Two other plays follow this year.
  • July 20Henry Herbert (Sir Henry as of August) becomes the deputy of Sir John Ashley, Master of the Revels, and takes over the office's duties. From 1623 until the theatres close in 1642, Herbert effectively controls professional drama in England.
  • Between November 8 and early December – Publication of the "First Folio" (Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies), a collection of 36 of the plays of Shakespeare, half of which have not previously been printed, compiled posthumously by actors John Heminges and Henry Condell and published by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount in London.
  • Procopius's long-lost Secret History is rediscovered in the Vatican Library.
  • François le Métel de Boisrobert comes under the patronage of Cardinal Richelieu.
  • New books

  • Francis BaconDe Augmentis Scientiarum
  • Jakob Böhme
  • On Election to Grace
  • On Christ's Testaments
  • Mysterium Magnum
  • Clavis (Key)
  • Tommaso CampanellaCivitas Solis ("The City of the Sun")
  • William Drummond of HawthorndenFlowers of Sion
  • James MabbeGuzmán de Alfarache, translated from the Spanish original by Mateo Alemán
  • Giambattista Marini – Adone
  • Antonio de León PineloDiscurso de la importancia, de la forma, y de la disposicion de la colleccion de las leyes de Indias
  • George WitherHymnes and Songs of the Church
  • New drama

  • Anonymous (Robert Ward?) – Fucus Histriomastix
  • Richard BromeA Fault in Friendship (lost), his earliest known play
  • Pedro Calderón de la Barca
  • Amor, honor y poder
  • La selva confusa
  • Los Macabeos
  • Thomas Dekker (& John Day?) – The Wonder of a Kingdom
  • Thomas Dekker, John Ford, & William Rowley (?) – The Spanish Gypsy
  • Thomas DrueThe Duchess of Suffolk
  • John Fletcher and Philip MassingerThe Lovers' Progress
  • John Fletcher and William RowleyThe Maid in the Mill
  • John Hacket – Loiola
  • Ben JonsonTime Vindicated to Himself and to His Honours (masque)
  • Philip Massinger
  • The Bondman (performed)
  • The Duke of Milan (published)
  • Robert Ward (?) – Fucus Histriomastix
  • John Webster
  • The Duchess of Malfi (published)
  • The Devil's Law Case (published)
  • Poetry

  • Martin OpitzLob des Feldlebens
  • Births

  • June 19Blaise Pascal, French philosopher (died 1662)
  • October 17Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (died 1687)
  • Unknown dates
  • Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, English biographer, poet and philosopher (died 1673)
  • Francesco Negri, Italian priest and travel writer (died 1698)
  • Henri Sauval, French historian (died 1676)
  • Deaths

  • January 15Paolo Sarpi, Venetian church historian (born 1552)
  • July/August – Tulsidas, Hindu philosopher and poet (born 1532)
  • November – William Jaggard, English printer (born c. 1568)
  • November 9William Camden, English historian (born 1551)
  • November 11Philippe de Mornay, French Protestant writer (born 1549)
  • December 31Philipp Clüver, German historian (born 1580)
  • References

    1623 in literature Wikipedia


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