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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1608. ==Events== *January 10 – Ben Jonson's ''The Masque of Beauty'' is performed by Queen Anne and her retinue at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, a sequel to ''The Masque of Blackness''.〔Logan, Terence P., and Denzell S. Smith, eds. The New Intellectuals: A Survey and Bibliography of Recent Studies in English Renaissance Drama. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1977. p 78〕 *February 9 – Another masque by Jonson, ''The Hue and Cry After Cupid'', is performed at the Banqueting House, with sets designed by Inigo Jones. *March 31 – ''Hamlet'' is performed aboard the East India Company ship ''Red Dragon'', under the command of Capt. William Keeling. *June - Thomas Overbury is knighted. *Performances of George Chapman's play ''The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron'' in London are suppressed after the French Ambassador complains to King James. *Henry Ainsworth publishes a response to Richard Bernard's ''The Separatist Schisme''. *Father Francisco Blancas de San Jose establishes a printing press at Abucay Church in the Philippines to produce books in the Spanish and Tagalog languages; Tomas Pinpin joins the staff the following year. *Juan Ruiz de Alarcón returns to Mexico from Spain, to take up an academic post. *Arthur Johnston goes to Italy to study at Padua. *The Morgan Bible is given by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski, Bishop of Cracow, to Abbas I (Shah of Persia). *Thomas Coryat begins his walking tour of Europe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1608 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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