1668 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1668. Events c. February – The English Parliament and bishops seek to suppress Thomas Hobbes' treatise Leviathan. September 9 – Molière's comedy The Miser (L'Avare) is first performed, at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris. unknown date – Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler goes into its fourth edition. New books Prose Juan Caramuel – Primus calamus Meric Casaubon – Of Credulity and Incredulity Josiah Child – Brief Observations concerning Trade and the Interest of Money Jean Claude – Réponse au livre de P. Nouet sur l'eucharistie Jan Comenius – The Way of Light John Dryden – Essay of Dramatick Poesie Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman – Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Richard Flecknoe – Sir William Davenant's Voyage to the Other World Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen – Simplicius Simplicissimus (first picaresque novel in German, dated 1669 but probably published this year) Johannes Hevelius – Cometographia Peter Heylin – Cyprianus Anglicanus (biography of William Laud) Urban Hjärne – Stratonice (completed) Adriaan Koerbagh – Een Bloemhof Henry Neville – The Isle of Pines William Penn – Truth Exalted Francisco Santos – Periquillo el de las gallineras John Wilkins – An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language