1645 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1645. Events December – William Cavendish, later Duke of Newcastle, marries Margaret Lucas, whom he has met while himself in exile in France. unknown dates With the London theatres closed by the Puritan regime during the English Civil War, closet drama grows in prominence. Henry Burkhead's Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery is written in this genre and the sisters Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Egerton probably complete their The Concealed Fansyes while besieged. New books Prose Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury De Causis Errorum (On the Causes of Errors) De Religione Laici (On the Religion of the Laity) John Milton Colasterion Tetrachordon Elizabeth Richardson, Baroness Cramond – A Lady's Legacy to her Daughters Alexander Ross Medicus Medicatus The Philosophical Touchstone Francisco Manuel de Melo – Guerra de Cataluña Horacio Carochi – Arte de la lengua mexicana Daniello Bartoli – L'huomo di lettere Hermann Busenbaum – Medulla theologiae moralis