1642 in poetry

none 1642 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events May–June – English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace is incarcerated in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster for defying Parliament, during which time he perhaps writes To Althea, from PrisonAnthony Wood Anthony Wood (antiquary) Athenæ Oxonienses https://archive.org/details/athenaeoxoniense00wood Works published John Denham, Cooper's Hill, the first example in English of a poem devoted to local description, in this case the Thames scenery around the author's home at Egham in Surrey; the poem was rewritten many times and later received high praise from Samuel Johnson, although Denham's reputation later ebbed Arthur Johnston, died 1641, Opera, Scottish poet writing in Latin Sir Francis Kynaston, Leoline and SydanisCox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm Henry More, Psychodia Platonica; or, A Platonicall Song of the Soul Alexander Ross, Mel Heliconium; or, Poeticall Honey John Taylor, Mad Fashions, Odd Fashions, All Out of Fashions; or, The Emblems of those Distracted Times Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (died 1720), Persian poet and Sufi Yusuf Nabi (died 1712), Turkish diwan poet Ihara Saikaku (died 1693), Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose, ukiyo-zōshi Thomas Shadwell (died 1692), English poet and playwright appointed poet laureate in 1689 Edward Taylor (died 1729), Colonial American poet, physician and clergymanBurt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books December 30 – Vincenzo da Filicaja (died 1707), Italian poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: June 1 – Sir John Suckling (born 1609), English John Chalkhill (born 1594), English Francis Kynaston (born 1587), English courtier, poet and translator James Mabbe (born 1572), English scholar, poet and translator See also Poetry Poetry 17th century in poetry 17th century in literature Cavalier poets in England, who supported the monarch against the puritans in the English Civil War Notes Category:17th-century poetry Poetry