1659 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1659. Events January 27 – The poet Andrew Marvell is elected a member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull in England's Third Protectorate Parliament. August – William Davenant is briefly imprisoned for his part in George Booth's Cheshire uprising in favor of restoring the English Monarchy. unknown dates Méric Casaubon edits John Dee's journal of angel magic. The Icelandic pastor Jón Magnússon completes his Píslarsaga (Passion Saga, or Story of My Sufferings). New books Prose Richard Baxter – The Holy Commonwealth Méric Casaubon (ed.) – A True & Faithful Relation of What passed for many Yeers between Dr. John Dee (A Mathematician of Great Fame in Q. Eliz. and King James their Reignes) and some spirits Thomas Hobbes – Christiaan Huygens – Ninon de l'Enclos – (The Flirt Avenged) Richard Lovelace – Lucasta (posthumous) William Prynne – Parliamentary Writs (further parts in 1660, 1662 and 1664) Johann Heinrich Rahn – Teutsche Algebra Péter Révay – John Rushworth – Historical Collections of Private Passages of State... (also The Rushworth Papers) Anna Maria van Schurman – The Learned Maid, or Whether a Maid May Be a Scholar? (English version of 1638 Latin original) Jeremy Taylor – Discourse on the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship