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1674 in literature
Overview of the events of 1674 in literature
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- March 26 – The new Theatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in March. Designed by Christopher Wren, it replaces the original theatre that burned down in 1672.[1]
- unknown dates
- The poet Isaac de Benserade is elected to the French Academy,[2] along with the churchman and scholar Pierre Daniel Huet.[3]
- Schlosstheater Celle is founded. By the 21st century it will be the oldest surviving theatre in Germany.
- The derivative nature of Restoration drama is displayed when the Duke's Company produces Thomas Shadwell's "operatic" re-adaptation of Dryden and Davenant's 1667 adaptation of The Tempest. In response, their rivals at the King's Company stage The Mock Tempest, or the Enchanted Castle by Thomas Duffet.
Prose
- Samuel Chappuzeau – Le Théâtre François
- Charles Cotton – The Compleat Gamester[4]
- John Evelyn – Navigation and Commerce
- John Josselyn – An Account of the Voyages to New England, London: Printed for Giles Widdows
- Thomas Ken – Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College
- Anthony Wood – Historia et antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis
Drama
- Anonymous (and John Dryden?) – The Mistaken Husband
- Juan Bautista Diamante – Parte II de comedias
- William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle – The Triumphant Widow
- Pierre Corneille – Suréna
- John Crowne – Andromache
- Sir William Davenant – Macbeth, a "dramatic opera" adapted from Shakespeare's play, is published
- Thomas Duffet (attributed to) – The Amorous Old Woman
- The Empress of Morocco: a Farce
- The Mock Tempest
- Nathaniel Lee – The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome
- Jean Racine – Iphigénie
- Elkanah Settle – Love and Revenge
Poetry
- Thomas Flatman – Poems and Songs
- John Milton – Paradise Lost, second edition
- January 15 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and dramatist (died 1762)
- June 20 – Nicholas Rowe (dramatist) English dramatist and Poet Laureate (died 1718)
- October – Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classicist (died 1757)
- October 6 – Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault, French writer and cleric (died 1746)
- December – Christmas Samuel, Welsh writer and minister (died 1764)
- March 7 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French novelist (born 1602)
- June 14 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French poet and novelist (born 1600)
- August 13 – Lucidor (Lars Johansson), Swedish burlesque poet (born 1638; killed in duel)
- September 27
- Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French poet and translator (born 1589)
- Thomas Traherne, English poet and religious writer (born c. 1636)
- October – Robert Herrick, English poet (born 1591)
- November 8 – John Milton, English poet and polemicist (born 1608)
- December 9 – Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon English historian and statesman (born 1609)
- Unknown dates
- Hu Zhengyan, Chinese artist, printmaker, calligrapher and publisher (born c. 1584)
- James Janeway, English children's writer and Puritan minister (born 1636)
- Miguel Sánchez, Mexican priest, writer and theologian (born 1594)
- Tobias Gabel (6 June 2016). Paradise Reframed: Milton, Dryden, and the Politics of Literary Adaptation, 1658–1679. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 47. ISBN 978-3-8253-6636-0.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Benserade, Isaac de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 03 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 744; lines five and six.
...in 1674, admitted to the Academy...
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Huet, Pierre Daniel" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 855–856.
Huet was admitted to the Academy in 1674
- Bodle, Andy (22 November 2008). "Guide to games: Leaders of the pack: A short history of cards". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2019.