1674 in literature

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The year 1674 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

Isaac de Benserade is elected to the French Academy, along with Pierre Daniel Huet.
Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton visit Rome together.
The new Theatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in March. Designed by Christopher Wren, it replaces the original theatre that burned down in 1672.
The derivative nature of Restoration drama is richly displayed when the Duke's Company produces Thomas Shadwell's "operatic" re-adaptation of Dryden and Davenant's 1667 adaptation of The Tempest. In response, their rivals at the King's Company stage The Mock Tempest, or the Enchanted Castle by Thomas Duffet.

Samuel Chappuzeau - Le Théâtre français
John Evelyn - Navigation and Commerce
John Josselyn - An Account of the Voyages to New England, London: Printed for Giles Widdows
Thomas Ken - Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College
Anthony Wood - Historia et antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis

Anonymous (and John Dryden?) - The Mistaken Husband
William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle - The Triumphant Widow
Pierre Corneille - Suréna
John Crowne - Andromache
Sir William Davenant - Macbeth, a "dramatic opera" adapted from Shakespeare's play, is published
Thomas Duffet (attributed to) - The Amorous Old Woman
Nathaniel Lee - The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome