1577 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1577. Events The Curtain Theatre is built in London. December 4 – John of the Cross, while imprisoned in Toledo, Spain, composes his Spiritual Canticle. New books Prose Certain Selected Histories for Christian Recreations (translation of Gesta Romanorum) Richard Eden – The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies John Frampton – , translated from the 1565 Spanish edition of Nicolás Monardes' Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales Thomas Hill – The Gardener's Labyrinth Raphael Holinshed – The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Irelande Marcin Kromer – Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo Teresa of Ávila – Camino de Perfección Johann Weyer – De praestigiis daemonum