1632 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1632. Events February 11 – The Protestant pastor Nicolas Antoine is committed to an asylum after converting to Judaism. February 14 – Tempe Restored, a masque written by Aurelian Townshend and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace. March – King Charles I of England and Queen Henrietta Maria visit the University of Cambridge. The students of Trinity College perform Thomas Randolph's The Jealous Lovers and Peter Hausted's The Rival Friends. The latter causes a theatrical riot and ensuing scandal. May – Tirso de Molina is appointed chronicler of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. Late – William Prynne's Histrio-mastix: The Players Scourge, or Actors Tragædie, an attack on the English Renaissance theatre (dated 1633) is published in London. unknown date – The Second Folio of William Shakespeare's plays is printed in London by Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot and others. Among the prefatory matter is the first published poem by John Milton, printed anonymously, "An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare". New books Prose Diego Collado – Ars grammaticae Iaponicae linguae Phineas Fletcher – The Way to Blessedness and Joy in Tribulation Galileo Galilei – Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems) Juan Pérez de Montalbán – Para todos William Prynne – Histriomastix: the Player's Scourge, or Actor's Tragedy Henry Reynolds – Mythomystes