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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in '''1679'''.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1679'''.


==Events==
==Events==
*[[April 30]] – [[John Locke]], returning to England from France, moves into Thanet House in London.<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Richard Fox Bourne|title=The Life of John Locke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLkYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA425|year=1876|publisher=H. S. King|pages=425}}</ref>
*June - [[Nathaniel Lee]]'s play ''The Massacre at Paris'' (about the [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]] of 1572, as was [[Christopher Marlowe|Marlowe]]'s play of the same title) is suppressed by King [[Charles II of England]] as anti-French, the French being English allies at this time.
*June – [[Nathaniel Lee]]'s play ''The Massacre at Paris'' (about the [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]] of 1572, as was [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s play of the same title) is suppressed by King [[Charles II of England]] as anti-French, the French being English allies at this time.
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*[[December 18]] - Rose Alley ambuscade: [[John Dryden]] is set upon by three assailants in London, thought to have been instigated by the [[John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]] in retaliation for an attack on "want of wit" in his poetry in ''The Essay on Satire'' (nominally by Dryden's patron, the poet [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby|John Sheffield, Earl of Musgrave]], but probably with input from Dryden).<ref>{{cite book|first1=John|last1=Sutherland|authorlink1=John Sutherland (author)|first2=Stephen|last2=Fender|title=Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature|location=London|publisher=Icon Books|year=2011|isbn=978-184831-247-0|chapter=18 December &ndash; Dryden mugged|pages=479-80}}</ref>
*August – [[Thomas Otway]] returns to England from military service in the Netherlands.<ref name="Warner1982">{{cite book|author=Kerstin P. Warner|title=Thomas Otway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9cdAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-6733-9|page=32}}</ref>
*[[John Locke]] returns to England from France.
*October – Thomas Otway's ''The History and Fall of Caius Marius'', his adaptation of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', is written. When performed the following year, it will drive Shakespeare's original off the stage for more than sixty years.<ref>{{cite book|title=The London Stage: 1660-1700, by E. L. Avery and A. H. Scouten|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11YNAQAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|page=281}}</ref>
*[[Étienne Baluze]] becomes almoner to King [[Louis XIV of France]].
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*[[December 18]] – Rose Alley ambuscade: [[John Dryden]] is set upon by three assailants in London, thought to have been instigated by [[John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]] in retaliation for an attack on "want of wit" in his poetry in ''The Essay on Satire'' (nominally by Dryden's patron, the poet [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby|John Sheffield, Earl of Musgrave]], but probably with input from Dryden).<ref>{{cite book|first1=John|last1=Sutherland|authorlink1=John Sutherland (author)|first2=Stephen|last2=Fender|title=Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature|location=London|publisher=Icon Books|year=2011|isbn=978-184831-247-0|chapter=18 December &ndash; Dryden mugged|pages=479–80}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Otway]] returns to England from military service in the Netherlands.
*''unknown dates''
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*[[Pu Songling]] probably compiles most of his ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio]]''.
**[[Étienne Baluze]] becomes almoner to King [[Louis XIV of France]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hugh Chisholm|author2=James Louis Garvin|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRJGAQAAIAAJ|year=1926|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited|page=297}}</ref>
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**[[Pu Songling]] probably compiles most of his ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio]]''.


==New books==
==New books==
===Prose===
*[[Charles Blount (deist)|Charles Blount]] - ''Anima Mundi''
*[[Charles Blount (deist)|Charles Blount]] – ''Anima Mundi''
*[[Jean de La Fontaine]] - ''The Fables of Bidpai''
*[[Jean de La Fontaine]] – ''The Fables of Bidpai''


==New drama==
===Drama===
*[[Beaumont and Fletcher]] - ''Fifty Comedies and Tragedies'', the [[Beaumont and Fletcher folios#The second folio, 1679|second folio]]
*[[Beaumont and Fletcher]] – ''Fifty Comedies and Tragedies'', the [[Beaumont and Fletcher folios#The second folio, 1679|second folio]]
*[[John Bancroft (dramatist)|John Bancroft]] – ''[[Sertorius (1679 play)|Sertorius]]''
*[[Aphra Behn]]
*[[Aphra Behn]]
**''The Feigned Courtesans''
**''[[The Feign'd Curtizans|The Feigned Courtesans]]''
**''The Young King''
**''[[The Young King (play)|The Young King]]''
*[[John Crowne]] - ''The Ambitious Statesman, or the Loyal Favourite''
*[[John Crowne]] – ''[[The Ambitious Statesman]]''
*[[Thomas D'Urfey]] – ''[[The Virtuous Wife (play)|The Virtuous Wife]]''
*[[John Dryden]]
*[[John Dryden]]
**''[[Oedipus (Dryden play)|Oedipus]]'' (adapted from [[Sophocles]]' ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' with [[Nathaniel Lee]], published)
**''Oedipus''
**''Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late'' (adapted from [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'')
**''[[Troilus and Cressida (Dryden play)|Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late]]'' (adapted from [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'')
*[[Nathaniel Lee]]
*[[Nathaniel Lee]]
**''Caesar Borgia''
**''[[Caesar Borgia (play)|Caesar Borgia]]''
**''The Massacre at Paris''
**''[[The Massacre of Paris]]''
*[[Thomas Otway]] - ''The History and Fall of Caius Marius''
*[[Thomas Otway]] – ''The History and Fall of Caius Marius''
*[[Jacques Pradon]] - ''La Troade''
*[[Jacques Pradon]] – ''La Troade''
*[[Thomas Shadwell]]
*[[Thomas Shadwell]]
**''A True Widow''
**''[[A True Widow]]''
**''The Woman Captain''
**''[[The Woman Captain]]''


==Poetry==
===Poetry===
*"Ephelia" ([[Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond|Mary Villiers]]?) - ''Female Poems...by Ephelia''
*"Ephelia" ([[Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond|Mary Villiers]]?) – ''Female Poems...by Ephelia''


==Births==
==Births==
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*''Unknown dates''
*''Unknown dates''
**[[Charles Johnson (writer)|Charles Johnson]], English dramatist and poet (died [[1748 in literature|1748]])
**[[Charles Johnson (writer)|Charles Johnson]], English dramatist and poet (died [[1748 in literature|1748]])
**[[George Psalmanazar]], French-born imposter and English writer (died [[1763 in literature|1763]])
**[[Robert Wodrow]], Scottish historian (died [[1734 in literature|1734]])
**[[Robert Wodrow]], Scottish historian (died [[1734 in literature|1734]])
*''Probable year of birth'' – [[Penelope Aubin]], English novelist and translator (died c. 1731)
*''Probable year of birth'' – [[Penelope Aubin]], English novelist and translator (died c. 1731)
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*[[April 4]] – [[Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau]], German poet (born [[1616 in literature|1616]])
*[[April 4]] – [[Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau]], German poet (born [[1616 in literature|1616]])
*[[June 7]] – [[Alice Curwen]], English autobiographer and Quaker (born c. 1619)
*[[June 7]] – [[Alice Curwen]], English autobiographer and Quaker (born c. 1619)
*[[August 27]] – [[Jonas Moore]], English mathematician and surveyor (born [[1617 in literature|1617]])
*[[October 12]] – [[William Gurnall]], English writer and cleric (born [[1617 in literature|1617]])
*[[October 12]] – [[William Gurnall]], English writer and cleric (born [[1617 in literature|1617]])
*[[October 26]] – [[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery]] Irish dramatist and soldier (born [[1621 in literature|1621]])
*[[October 26]] – [[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery]] Irish dramatist and soldier (born [[1621 in literature|1621]])
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**[[Jacob Alting]], Dutch philologist and theologian (born [[1618 in literature|1618]])
**[[Jacob Alting]], Dutch philologist and theologian (born [[1618 in literature|1618]])
**[[Johann Michael Vansleb]], German theologian and linguist (born [[1635 in literature|1635]])
**[[Johann Michael Vansleb]], German theologian and linguist (born [[1635 in literature|1635]])

==In literature==
*[[Walter Scott]]'s novel ''[[Old Mortality]]'' ([[1816 in literature|1816]]) opens in this year.


==References==
==References==
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References

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  1. ^ Henry Richard Fox Bourne (1876). The Life of John Locke. H. S. King. p. 425.
  2. ^ Kerstin P. Warner (1982). Thomas Otway. Twayne Publishers. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-8057-6733-9.
  3. ^ The London Stage: 1660-1700, by E. L. Avery and A. H. Scouten. Southern Illinois University Press. 1968. p. 281.
  4. ^ Sutherland, John; Fender, Stephen (2011). "18 December – Dryden mugged". Love, Sex, Death & Words: surprising tales from a year in literature. London: Icon Books. pp. 479–80. ISBN 978-184831-247-0.
  5. ^ Hugh Chisholm; James Louis Garvin (1926). The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information. Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited. p. 297.
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