1574 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas begins work on his major poem, Semaine. It is published in France in 1577. Tulsidas begins work on his major poem, Ramcharitmanas. Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, La Muse chrétienne, a theoretical work that advocates a Christian poetry; published along with several didactic poems, including Judith, Uranie and Le Triomphe de la foi, Bordeaux, France The Mirror for Magistrates (anthology) Pierre de Ronsard, La Franciade, France Mellin de Saint-Gelais, Œuvres ("Works"), France July 1 – Joseph Hall (died 1656), English bishop, satirist, moralist, and poet Also: Gerolamo Aleandro (died 1629), Italian, Latin-language poet Richard Barnfield (died 1620), English poet, Nicholas Bourbon (died 1644), French clergyman and neo-Latin poet Nicolas Coeffeteau (died 1623), French theologian, poet and historian John Day born about this year (died c. 1640), English poet and playwright Feng Menglong (died 1645), Chinese writer and poet William Percy (died 1648), English poet June 17 – Louis Des Masures (born c.