1593 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1593.
Events[edit]
- Ongoing – London theatres remain closed for almost the whole year as a result of the previous year's outbreak of bubonic plague. In the summer, Edward Alleyn and other actors make a provincial tour. Some performances take place in the winter, when plague tends to abate. Lord Strange's Men act three times in January a play called Titus – perhaps Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.
- After April – William Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis probably becomes his first published work, printed from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times.[1]
- May 5 – "Dutch church libel" bills posted in London threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to Christopher Marlowe's plays.
- May 12 – The English dramatist Thomas Kyd is arrested over the "Dutch church libel". "Atheist" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's.
- May 18 – A warrant for the arrest of Christopher Marlowe is issued. On May 20 he presents himself to the Privy Council.
- May 29 – The Welsh-born Protestant John Penry is executed for involvement in the Marprelate Controversy.[2]
- May 30 – Christopher Marlowe is stabbed to death by a speculator, Ingram Frizer, in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in Deptford kept by the widow Eleanor Bull.[3]
New books[edit]
Prose[edit]
- Bible of Kralice, first complete translation of Bible into Czech
- Fray Juan de Plasencia – Doctrina Christiana, first book published in the Philippines, in Spanish and Tagalog
- John Eliot – Ortho-epia Gallica
- Claudius Hollyband (Claude de Sainliens) – A Dictionarie French and English
- Richard Hooker – Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Antonio Possevino – Bibliotheca selecta
Drama[edit]
- Daniel Cramer – Plagium
- Thomas Kyd (probably, perhaps with Shakespeare) – The Raigne of King Edward the Third (approximate date)[4]
- George Peele – Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
- George Peele (possibly) – The Life and Death of Jack Straw (first published)
Poetry[edit]
- Barnabe Barnes – Parthenophil and Parthenophone
- Anthony Chute – Beauty Dishonoured, written under the title of Shore's wife
- Michael Drayton
- Idea: The Shepherd's Garland
- The Legend of Piers Gaveston
- William Shakespeare – Venus and Adonis
- Thomas Watson (posthumously, as T. W.) – The Tears of Fancie, or Love Disdained (sonnets)
Births[edit]
- April 3 – George Herbert, Welsh-born poet (died 1633)
- May 20 – Salomo Glassius, German theologian (died 1656)
- Unknown date – Robert Creighton, Scottish classicist, politician and bishop (died 1672)
- Approximate year – Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird (Hugh Ward), Irish poet and hagiographer (died 1635)
Deaths[edit]
- January 12 – Amadis Jamyn, French poet (born 1538)
- February 6 – Jacques Amyot, French translator (born 1513)
- May 30 – Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist and poet (born 1564)
- August 19 – Antonio Veneziano, Italian poet writing in Sicilian (born 1543)
- Unknown date – Jeong Cheol, Korean poet and statesman (born 1536)
References[edit]
- ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 233–238. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Hotson, Leslie (1925). The Death of Christopher Marlowe. London: Nonesuch Press.
- ^ Shakespeare, William; et al. (2013). Collaborative Plays. The RSC Shakespeare. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-27144-0.