1648 in literature
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See also: 1647 in literature, other events of 1648, 1649 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Richard Lovelace, Royalist poet, is imprisoned for opposition to Parliament.
- René Descartes meets Frans Burman, resulting in the Conversation with Burman.
- During the siege of Colchester, the cannon, Humpty Dumpty, is blown off the walls, inspiring the nursery rhyme.
- Robert Boyle writes Seraphic Love, his first important work, which will not be published until 1660.
- Ill-health forces Pierre Gassendi to give up lecturing at the Collège Royal.
- Richard Flecknoe travels to Brazil.
- Edward Pococke becomes Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford, but Obadiah Walker loses his academic post.
- Richard Crashaw, exiled in Paris, publishes two hymns in Latin.
New Books
- Freeholders Grand Inquest touching our Sovereign Lord the King and his Parliament - Robert Filmer
- The Amorous War - Jasper Mayne
- Hesperides - Robert Herrick (poet)
Births
- January 1 - Elkanah Settle, poet and dramatist
- exact date unknown - Gaspard Abeille, poet
Deaths
- February 2 - George Abbot, Puritan writer
- March 12 - Tirso de Molina, dramatist
- May 26 - Vincent Voiture, poet
- September 1 - Marin Mersenne, theologian and philosopher