1602 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1602. Events February 2 – The Lord Chamberlain's Men perform Twelfth Night at the Middle Temple in London. May – Henry Wotton returns to Florence having disclosed a plot to murder King James VI of Scotland. May 4 – Richard Hakluyt is installed as prebendary of Westminster Abbey. November 8 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford opens to scholars. November 22 – Samuel Rowley and William Bird(e) (or Borne) are paid by the Admiral's Men for additions to Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus. New books Prose Tommaso Campanella – The City of the Sun (La città del sole, a philosophical work, one of the most important utopias) Thomas Campion – Observations in the Art of English Poetry Richard Carew – A Survey of Cornwall Cipriano de Valera (rev.) – 'Reina-Valera' (Spanish translation of the Bible) Sir Hugh Plat – Delightes for Ladies (book of recipes and household hints)