1697 in literature

none July 2020 1697 literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1697. Events May 7 – The 13th century royal Tre Kronor ("Three Crowns") castle in Stockholm burns to the ground and a large portion of the royal library is destroyed. The actors of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris announce a performance of La fausse prude (The False Hypocrite), a play that ridicules King Louis XIV's wife, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, which causes the King to disband the company. George Farquhar arrives in London from Dublin.John Loftis The Revels History of Drama in English: 1660-1750 https://books.google.com/books?id=HBuoAAAAIAAJ 1976 Methuen 978-0-416-81370-8 224 Thomas Corneille publishes his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses into French. Daniel Defoe's An Essay Upon Projects suggests insurance, an income tax and the education of women, among other public measures.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 200–201 0-7126-5616-2 First publication of the 13th century Heimskringla in Old Norse, with Swedish and Latin translations by Johan Peringskiöld in Stockholm New books Prose Mary Astell – A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Part II Pierre Bayle – fr Dictionnaire historique et critique (Historical and Critical Dictionary, first part, publication continued until 1702) Richard Blackmore – King Arthur Thomas Burnet – Remarks upon An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (on John Locke) William Congreve – The Birth of the Muse William Dampier – A New Voyage Round the World Daniel Defoe – An Essay Upon Projects John Dryden Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique (ode) The Works of Virgil John Evelyn – Numismata: A discourse of medals Jane Lead – A Fountain of Gardens John Locke A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester Mr Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Letter A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity Charles Perrault (as Pierre Perrault Darmancourt) – fr Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec dez moralitez: Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oye (Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose) John Phillips – la Augustus Britannicus Humphrey Prideaux – The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester – Familiar Letters William Wotton – Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (setting off the English "quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns") Drama Anonymous (A Young Lady) – The Unnatural Mother Colley Cibber – Woman's Wit William Congreve – The Mourning Bride John Dennis – A Plot and No Plot Thomas Dilke – The City Lady, or Folly Reclaimed Thomas D'Urfey Cinthia and Endimion (opera) The Intrigues at Versailles; or, A Jilt in all Humours James Drake – The Sham Lawyer Charles Gildon – The Roman Brides Revenge Charles Hopkins – Boadicea, Queen of Britain Peter Anthony Motteux – The Novelty, or Every Act a Play Mary Pix The Deceiver Deceiv'd The Innocent Mistress George Powell – The Imposture Defeated, or a Trick to Cheat the Devil Jacques Pradon – Scipion Elkanah Settle – The World in the Moon John Vanbrugh Aesophttps://archive.org/stream/playsvanbrugh01vanbuoft#page/222/mode/2up Esop Archive.org 2012-03-22 The Provoked WifeRestoration and 18th-Century Drama https://books.google.com/books?id=OD9dDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 1 November 1980 Macmillan International Higher Education 978-1-349-16422-6 139 The Relapse (performed 1696, published 1697) Births April 1 - Abbé Prévost, French writer (died 1763)Richard A. Smernoff L'Abbé Prévost https://books.google.com/books?id=q-5cAAAAMAAJ 1985 Twayne Publishers 978-0-8057-6594-6 1 June 16 – Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, French historian, classicist and lexicographer (died 1781) December 27 – Sollom Emlyn, Irish legal writer (died 1754) Deaths February 5 – Hester Biddle (Esther Biddle), English Quaker writer (born c. 1629) March 1 – Francesco Redi, Tuscan physician, naturalist and poet (born 1626) June 7 – John Aubrey, English memoirist (born 1626) December 9 – Scipion Abeille, French surgeon and poet (year of birth unknown) Unknown date – Juan del Valle y Caviedes, Spanish Peruvian poet (born 1645) Probable year of death – Gilbert Clerke, English mathematician, natural philosopher and theologian (born 1626) References