1642 In Poetry

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 Prison''

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 Sydanis''
* 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 "earin 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''
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* December 30 – Vincenzo da Filicaja (died 1707), Italian poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "earin 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
* 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

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