1604 in Literature - New Books

New Books

  • William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling - The Monarchic Tragedies; includes Croesus and Darius, two closet dramas
  • Thomas Dekker - News from Gravesend
    • - The Meeting of Gallants at an Ordinary
  • Elizabeth Grymeston - Miscellanea: prayers, meditations, memoratives
  • King James I - A Counterblast to Tobacco
  • Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus (first quarto - the "A text")
  • Samuel Rowlands - Look to It for I'll Stab Ye
  • John Stow - Revised edition of Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles

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