1589 in literature

Overview of the events of 1589 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1589.

## Events

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* January – The Children of Paul's perform twice at the English royal court during the first two weeks of the year.
* March – Marprelate Controversy: Bishop Thomas Cooper's Admonition prompts Marprelate's response in the form of a tract entitled Hay any Worke for Cooper.
* July – John Penry's printing press produces two tracts purporting to be by sons of Martin Marprelate, but probably by Martin himself: Theses Martinianae by "Martin Junior", and The Just Censure of Martin Junior by "Martin Senior".
* 1588–1589 – This is the earliest probable date for the composition of Christopher Marlowe's The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus and its first performance, in London.

## New books

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### Prose

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* Jane Anger – Jane Anger her protection for women, to defend them against the scandalous reportes of a late surfeiting lover, and all other like venerians that complaine so to bee overcloyed with women's kindnesse[1]
* Thoinot Arbeau – Orchésographie
* Giovanni Botero – Della ragione di Stato (The Reason of State)
* Robert Greene – Menaphon
* Richard Hakluyt – The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation, vol. 1
* John Lyly (attr.) – Pappe with an Hatchet (Part of the Marprelate Controversy)
* George Puttenham (probable author) – The Arte of English Poesie
* Lorenzo Scupoli – Il combattimento spirituale
* Water Margin (水浒传, Shui Hu Zhuan; earliest known complete printed edition)[2]

### Drama

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* Girolamo Bargagli – La Pellegrina (The Pilgrim Woman)
* Robert Greene – Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
* Thomas Kyd? – Hamlet (the "Ur-Hamlet", latest date)
* Christopher Marlowe – The Jew of Malta (probably written 1589-90)
* George Peele? – The Troublesome Reign of King John (approximate year)
* The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune (anonymous; published)

### Poetry

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* Anne Dowriche (AD) – The French Historie
* Christopher Marlowe – The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

## Births

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* March 3 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch Calvinist theologian (died 1676)
* Unknown dates
* Heinrich Petraeus, German physician and writer (died 1620)
* Antonio de León Pinelo, Peru-born Spanish historian (died c. 1675)

## Deaths

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* March 22 – Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian merchant and writer (born 1521)
* March 23 – Marcin Kromer, Polish historian (born 1512)
* July 1 – Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch printer (born c. 1520)
* August 31 – Jurij Dalmatin, Slovenian writer and translator (born c. 1547)
* September 16 – Michael Baius, Belgian theologian (born 1513)
* September 19 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (born 1532)
* October 12 – Samuel de Medina, Talmudist and author from Thessaloniki (born 1505)
* October 15 – Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher (born 1532)
* Unknown date – Thomas Sampson, English theologian and translator (born c. 1517)

## References

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1. ^ Jane Anger her protection for women, to defend them against the scandalous reportes of a late surfeiting lover, and all other like venerians that complaine so to bee overcloyed with women's kindnesse
2. ^ Wilkinson, Endymion (2012). Chinese History: A New Manua l. Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. p. 413\. ISBN 9780674067158.

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