1667 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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Events

• April 27 – The blind, impoverished, 58-year-old John Milton seals a contract for publication of his epic poem Paradise Lost with London printer Samuel Simmons for an initial payment of £5.^[1][2][3] The first edition is published in October^[2] in 10 books and sells out in eighteen months^[4] (second edition, in 12 books, published 1674).^[5]

Works published

• Nicholas Billingsley, Thesauro-Phulakion; or, A Treasury of Divine Raptures^[5]
• Charles Cotton, Scarronides; or, Virgile Travestie published anonymously (see also Scarronides 1665, 1665)^[5]
• Jeremias de Dekker (died 1666), Lof der Geldzucht ("In praise of avarice" - satire), Dutch
• Sir John Denham, On Mr Abraham Cowley His Death, and Burial Amongst the Ancient Poets^[5]
• John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis; The Year of Wonders, 1666^[5]
• John Milton, Paradise Lost^[5]
• Katherine Phillips, Poems: By the most deservedly admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda, published posthumously^[5]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• November 30 – Jonathan Swift (died 1745), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet
• John Pomfret (died 1702), English poet and clergyman
• Wali Mohammed Wali, also known as Wali Deccani and Wali Aurangabadi (died 1707), Indian, Urdu-language poet
• Ned Ward (died 1731), English satirical writer and publican

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• May 2 (O.S.) – George Wither (born 1588), English poet and satirist
• May 14 – Georges de Scudéry (born 1601), French novelist, dramatist and poet; elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry
• July 12 (bur.) – Jan Vos (born 1612), Dutch playwright and poet
• July 28 – Abraham Cowley (born 1618), English poet
• August 31 – Johann von Rist (born 1607), German poet, hymnodist and dramatist

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Restoration literature

Notes

1. Equivalent to approximately £7,400 income in 2008. "Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to Present". MeasuringWorth. 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
2. Campbell, Gordon (2004). "Milton, John (1608–1674)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18800. Retrieved 2013-07-05. The sums involved are modest but quite normal. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
3. Lindenbaum, Peter (1995). "Authors and Publishers in the Late Seventeenth Century: New Evidence on their Relations". The Library. Oxford University Press. s6-17 (3): 250–269. doi:10.1093/library/s6-17.3.250. ISSN 0024-2160.
4. "John Milton's Paradise Lost". The Morgan Library & Museum. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
5. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.