1629 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1629. Events January – Pedro Calderón de la Barca and his friends break into a convent in an attempt to seize Pedro de Villegas, who had stabbed Calderón's brother. April 6 – Tommaso Campanella is released from custody in Rome, and gains the confidence of Pope Urban VIII. July – Richard James lends Oliver St John a manuscript tract on the bridling of parliaments which was written in 1612 by Sir Robert Dudley, titular Duke of Northumberland. St John circulates it among parliamentary supporters, and James is arrested as a result. September – Pierre Corneille brings his first play, Mélite to a group of travelling actors. November 22 – The King's Men perform Othello at the Blackfriars Theatre. unknown dates The first known performance is given at the Corral de comedias de Almagro in Spain (rediscovered in the 1950s) by Juan Martinez's theatrical company Autor. Inigo Jones redesigns the Cockpit-in-Court in London as a venue for staging court masques. In Japan, women's kabuki dance-drama is prohibited, and young men take over female roles. The prohibition would last until 1877. New books Prose Balthazar Baro – Célinde, poème héroïque (prose work containing a poem at its core) Philipp Clüver (posthumous) – Introductio in Universam Geographiam (Introduction to Universal Geography) John Amos Comenius – Janua linguarum reserata Arthur Dee – Fasciculus Chemicus Robert Fludd – Medicina Catholica (Volume 1) Paul Laymann (attributed) – Processus juridicus contra sagas et vene fico Richard Sibbes – The Saint's Cordial