1657 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1657. Events January – Madame de la Fayette returns to Paris, where she is introduced to, and becomes friends with, Madame de Sévigné. March 2 – The Great Fire of Meireki in Edo, Japan, burns down the city's theatres, forcing actors to move to Osaka. New books Prose "William Allen" – Killing No Murder (variously attributed to Colonel Silius Titus, Edward Sexby or William Allen, an English Republican; Sexby admits authorship under duress) Cave Beck – The Universal Character Theodore Haak (translator) – The Dutch Annotations Upon the Whole Bible (original 1637) Li Yu (probable author) – The Carnal Prayer Mat (published 1693) Richard Ligon – A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes Jeremy Taylor – Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship Brian Walton, Bishop of Chester – Polyglot Bible Baltasar Gracián – El criticón (third part) François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac – Pratique du théâtre Cyrano de Bergerac (posthumous) – L'Autre Monde: ou les États et Empires de la Lune (Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon) Christiaan Huygens – De ratiociniis in ludo aleae Nihon Ōdai Ichiran (日本王代一覧, Table of the Rulers of Japan) Paul Scarron – Roman comique (Comic romance, publication concluded)