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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1679. ==Events== *June - Nathaniel Lee's play ''The Massacre at Paris'' (about the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, as was Marlowe's play of the same title) is suppressed by King Charles II of England as anti-French, the French being English allies at this time. *December 18 - Rose Alley ambuscade: John Dryden is set upon by three assailants in London, thought to have been instigated by the John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester in retaliation for an attack on "want of wit" in his poetry in ''The Essay on Satire'' (nominally by Dryden's patron, the poet John Sheffield, Earl of Musgrave, but probably with input from Dryden). *John Locke returns to England from France. *Étienne Baluze becomes almoner to King Louis XIV of France. *Thomas Otway returns to England from military service in the Netherlands. *Pu Songling probably compiles most of his ''Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio''. 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「1679 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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