This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1577.
Events The Curtain Theatre is built in London. December 4 – John of the Cross, while imprisoned in Toledo, Spain, composes his Spiritual Canticle.Dom Philippe Chevalier. "Le Cantique spirituel de saint Jean de la Croix a-t-il été interpolé?". Bulletin Hispanique (October–December 1922) pp. 307–342 (French).
New books Prose Certain Selected Histories for Christian Recreations (translation of Gesta Romanorum) Richard Eden – The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies John Frampton – , translated from the 1565 Spanish edition of Nicolás Monardes' Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales Thomas Hill – The Gardener's Labyrinth Raphael Holinshed – The Chronicles of England, Scotland and IrelandeKewes, Paulina; Archer, Ian W.; Felicity Heal, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Marcin Kromer – Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo Teresa of Ávila – Camino de Perfección Johann Weyer – De praestigiis daemonum Piotr Skarga – Żywoty świętych starego i nowego zakonu
Drama Arthur Golding – Abraham's Sacrifice published (translated from Theodore Beza's French play)
Poetry See 1577 in poetry
Births February 8 – Robert Burton, English scholar and author (died 1640) March/April – Gerhard Johann Vossius, Dutch theologian (died 1649) November 10 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet (died 1660) November 20 (baptized) – Samuel Purchas, English travel writer (died 1626) unknown dates Richard Sibbes, English theologian (died 1635) Gabriel Sionita, Lebanese-born Maronite Bible translator (died 1648) Samuel Ward, English Puritan preacher and writer (died 1640)
Deaths March 6 – Remy Belleau, French poet (born 1528) April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco, Italian poet and musician (born c. 1524) May 5 – Viglius, Frisian statesman and writer (born 1507) October 7 – George Gascoigne, English poet (born c. 1535) Unknown dates Richard Jugge, English printer (date of birth unknown) Ralph Robinson, English writer and translator (born 1520 in literature)
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