1697 in literature
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The year 1697 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- George Farquhar arrives in London from Dublin.
- Thomas Corneille publishes his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses into the French language.
- Daniel Defoe's An Essay Upon Projects suggests insurance and an income tax, among other public measures.
[edit] New books
- Mary Astell - A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Part II
- Richard Blackmore - King Arthur
- Thomas Burnet - Remarks upon An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding (on John Locke)
- William Congreve - The Birth of the Muse
- William Dampier - A New Voyage Round the World
- Daniel Defoe - An Essay Upon Projects (econ.)
- John Dryden - Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique
- - The Works of Virgil
- John Evelyn - Numismata: A discourse of medals
- Jane Lead - A Fountain of Gardens
- John Locke - A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester
- - Mr Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Letter
- - A Second Vindication of the REasonableness of Christianity
- Charles Perrault - Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals. Tales of Mother Goose (Histoires et contes du temps passé, avec des moralités. Contes de ma mère l'Oye)
- John Phillips - Augustus Britannicus
- Humphrey Prideaux - The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet
- John Vanbrugh - The Relapse (perf. 1696, pub. 1697)
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - Familiar Letters
- William Wotton - Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (setting off the English "quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns")
[edit] New drama
- Anonymous ("a Young Lady") - The Unnatural Mother
- Colley Cibber - Woman's Wit
- William Congreve - The Mourning Bride
- John Dennis - A Plot and No Plot
- Thomas Dilke - The City Lady, or Folly Reclaimed
- Thomas D'Urfey - Cinthia and Endimion (opera)
- - The Intrigues at Versailles; or, A Jilt in all Humours
- Charles Gildon - The Roman Brides Revenge
- Charles Hopkins - Boadicea Queen of Britain
- Peter Anthony Motteux - The Novelty, or Every Act a Play
- Mary Pix - The Deceiver Deceiv'd
- - The Innocent Mistress
- George Powell - The Imposture Defeated, or a Trick to Cheat the Devil
- Edward Ravenscroft - The Italian Husband
- Elkanah Settle - The World in the Moon
- John Vanbrugh - Aesop
- - The Provok'd Wife
[edit] Births
- George Anson
- William Hogarth
- date unknown - Madame du Deffand, literary hostess (died 1780)
[edit] Deaths
- March 1 - Francesco Redi (born 1626)
- June - John Aubrey (born 1626)
- Thomas Pope Blount
