1615 in poetry
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Events
- January 23 – English poet John Donne becomes an ordained minister in the Church of England.
Works published
Great Britain
- John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave[1]
- Richard Brathwaite, published under the name "Misosukos" to his friend "Philokrates", A Strappado for the Divell[1]
- George Chapman, Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses, publication year uncertain, Books 1–12 from Homers Odysses 1614 (see also Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer 1598, Homer Prince of Poets 1609, The Iliads of Homer 1611, The Whole Workes of Homer 1616)[1]
- Thomas Collins, The Teares of Love; or, Cupids Progresse[1]
- Samuel Daniel, Hymens Triumph: A pastorall tragicomaedie[1]
- Sir John Harrington, Epigrams Both Pleasant and Serious (see also The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams 1618)[1]
- Samuel Rowlands, Melancholie Knight[1]
- Thomas Scot, Philomythie or Philomythologie: Wherein outlandish birds, beasts, and fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely, published this year although the book states "1616"; second part published 1616[1]
- Joshua Sylvester, The Second Session of the Parliament of Vertues Reall, translations from Pierre Mathieu and Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas (see also The Parliament of Vertues Royal 1614)[1]
- Robert Tofte, The Blazon of Jealousie, translated from Benedetto Varchi[1]
- George Wither:
Other
- Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné, Tragiques, set of poems on the persecution of the Huguenots
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- June or July – Salvator Rosa (died 1673), Italian painter and poet
- John Denham (died 1669), English poet
- Germain Habert (died 1654), French churchman and poet
- Robert Wild (died 1679), English clergyman and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- June 4 – Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer, also known as Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino (born 1555), Slovak
- September 1 – Étienne Pasquier (born 1529), French poet, humanist and historian
- date not known – Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega (born 1555), Castilian Spanish poet, playwright and historian
Notes
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
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