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The year 1653 in literature involved some significant events.
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Events
- James Shirley's masque Cupid and Death is performed on March 26.
- Pierre Corneille retires from the theatre for six years.
- John Evelyn buys Sayes Court, Deptford.
- Robert Cox of the Red Bull Theatre is arrested for performing a "play".
New books
- Richard Brome - Five New Plays, a collection of his dramas including A Mad Couple Well-Match'd, The Novella, The Court Beggar, The City Wit, and The Damoiselle
- Margaret Cavendish - Poems and Fancies
- Ann Collins - Divine Songs and Meditations
- Sir Percy Herbert - The Princess Cloria, Parts 1 and 2
- Edward Johnson - A History of New England
- Blaise Pascal - Traité du triangle arithmétique
- James Shirley - Six New Plays, a collection of his drama including The Brothers, The Sisters, The Doubtful Heir, The Imposture, The Cardinal, and The Court Secret.
- Jeremy Taylor - Twenty-five Sermons
- Sir Thomas Urquhart - the first English translation of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, Books I and II
- Izaak Walton -The Compleat Angler
- Arthur Wilson - The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James I.
New drama
- Anonymous - The Ghost, or the Woman Wears the Breeches published
- John Ford (attributed to) - The Queen published
- William Heminges - The Fatal Contract published
- Henry Killigrew - Pallantus and Eudora published (Killigrew's revision of his own The Conspiracy, 1638)
- Philippe Quinault - Les Rivales
- Paul Scarron - Don Japhel d'Arménie
Births
- January 13 - Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian (died 1705)
- probable - Nathaniel Lee, dramatist (died 1692)
- probable - Matthew Tindal, deist writer (died 1733)
Deaths
- May 26 - Robert Filmer, political writer (born 1558)
- July 10 - Gabriel Naudé, librarian and scholar (born 1600)
- September 3 - Claudius Salmasius, classical scholar (born 1588)
- date unknown - Zachary Boyd, poet (born 1585)
- date unknown - Piaras Feiritéar, Irish language poet (born c.1600)
