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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1640. ==Events== *January 21 - ''Salmacida Spolia'', a masque written by Sir William Davenant and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace — the final royal masque of the Caroline era. *March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) - Henry Burnell's play ''Landgartha'' premieres at the Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin. It is one of the earliest dramatic works from a native Irish playwright. *April 16 (approx.) - James Shirley returns to England from Ireland. *May 4 - Theatre manager William Beeston is sent to the Marshalsea Prison for staging a play (perhaps Richard Brome's ''The Court Beggar'', or his ''The Queen and Concubine'') that offends the Stuart regime. This constitutes the sole repression of the theatre to occur during the reign of King Charles I. *May 28 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca joins the Catalonian campaign led by the Duke of Olivares. *English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace, serving in the Bishops' Wars in Scotland, writes "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres" (published 1649) and the unperformed tragedy ''The Soldier'' (lost). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1640 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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