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The year '1697 in literature' involved some significant events.

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Events

New books

New drama

Births

Deaths

Events

★ George Farquhar arrives in London from Dublin.

★ Thomas Corneille publishes his translation of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' into the French language

New books

★ Mary Astell - ''A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Part II''

★ Richard Blackmore - ''King Arthur''

★ Thomas Burnet - ''Remarks upon An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding'' (on John Locke)

★ William Congreve - ''The Birth of the Muse''

★ William Dampier - ''A New Voyage Round the World''

★ Daniel Defoe - ''An Essay Upon Projects'' (econ.)

★ John Dryden - ''Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique''

★
★ - ''The Works of Virgil''

★ John Evelyn - ''Numismata: A discourse of medals''

★ Jane Lead - ''A Fountain of Gardens''

★ John Locke - ''A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester''

★
★ - ''Mr Locke's Reply to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Worcester's Answer to his Letter''

★
★ - ''A Second Vindication of the REasonableness of Christianity''

★ Charles Perrault - ''Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals. Tales of Mother Goose (Histoires et contes du temps passé, avec des moralités. Contes de ma mère l'Oye)''

★ John Phillips - ''Augustus Britannicus''

★ Humphrey Prideaux - ''The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet''

★ John Vanbrugh - ''The Relapse'' (perf. 1696, pub. 1697)

★ John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - ''Familiar Letters''

★ William Wotton - ''Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning'' (setting off the English "quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns")

New drama

★ Colley Cibber - ''Woman's Wit''

★ William Congreve - ''The Mourning Bride''

★ John Dennis - ''A Plot and No Plot: A comedy''

★ Thomas D'Urfey - ''Cinthia and Endimion'' (opera)

★
★ - ''The Intrigues at Versailles; or, A Jilt in all Humours: A comedy''

★ Charles Gildon - ''The Roman Brides Revenge: A tragedy''

★ Charles Hopkins - ''Boadicea Queen of Britain: A tragedy''

★ Mary Pix - ''The Innocent Mistress''

★ John Vanbrugh - ''Aesop: A comedy''

★
★ - ''The Provok'd Wife: A comedy''

Births

★ George Anson

★ William Hogarth

★ ''date unknown'' - Madame du Deffand, literary hostess (died 1780)

Deaths

★ March 1 - Francesco Redi (born 1626)

★ June - John Aubrey (born 1626)

★ Thomas Pope Blount