1671 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1671. Events February – Nell Gwyn retires from the stage and moves into a brick townhouse at 79 Pall Mall, London. November 9 – The Duke's Company open their new venue, the Dorset Garden Theatre. Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières is awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie française. Philosophus Autodidactus, the first Latin translation of Ibn Tufail's 12th century tale Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, prepared by Edward Pococke before 1660, is published for the first time. New books Prose Edward Bagshaw (attributed) – The Life and Death of Mr Vavasor Powell Edward Burrough (died 1663) – The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation: Namely, that True Prophet, and Faithful Servant of God, and Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus, Edward Burroughs... Marie-Catherine de Villedieu – Les Amours des Grands Hommes Johann Ferdinand Hertodt – Crocologia John Josselyn – New England's Rarities, discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country (London) Gottfried Leibniz – Hypothesis Physica Nova (`New Physical Hypothesis') Pierre Martin de La Martinière – Voyage des pays septentrionaux (A New Voyage to the North) Arnoldus Montanus – De nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America (The Unknown New World or Description of the Continent America) Isaac Newton – Method of Fluxions Jane Sharp – The Midwives Book: or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered