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Receptions
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Found 1404 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Souza, Adélaïde de | *Adélaïde de Souza, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
2 | Souza, Adélaïde de | Adèle de Sénange, ou lettres de Lord Sydenham | 1794 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
3 | Souza, Adélaïde de | Emilie et Alphonse, ou le danger de se livrer à ses premières impressions | 1799 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
4 | Souza, Adélaïde de | Adèle de Sénange, ou lettres de Lord Sydenham | 1794 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1810 | France | |
5 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | Mémoires de Mme de Staal écrits par elle-même | 1755 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
6 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | *Marguerite-Jeanne de Staal-Delaunay, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
7 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | *Marguerite-Jeanne de Staal-Delaunay, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
8 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | Mémoires de Mme de Staal écrits par elle-même | 1755 | Double, Marie | F | To be specified | 1890 | France | |
9 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | Mémoires de Mme de Staal écrits par elle-même | 1755 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | Mention | 1839 | France | |
10 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | L'Engouement | 1755 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
11 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | Mémoires de Mme de Staal écrits par elle-même | 1755 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1755 | France | |
12 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | L'Engouement | 1755 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1755 | France | |
13 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | La Mode | 1755 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1755 | France | |
14 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | *Marguerite-Jeanne de Staal-Delaunay, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
15 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | La Mode | 1755 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
16 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | La Mode | 1755 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | France | ||
17 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | Mémoires de Mme de Staal écrits par elle-même | 1755 | Duplessy, Madame | F | Egodocument | France | ||
18 | Staal-Delaunay, Marguerite-Jeanne de | Mémoires de Mme de Staal écrits par elle-même | 1755 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
19 | Staël, Germaine de | De l'Allemagne | 1813 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1814 | France | |
20 | Staël, Germaine de | De l'Allemagne | 1813 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
21 | Staël, Germaine de | De l'Allemagne | 1813 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | |
22 | Stainville, Madame de | *ses contes | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1738 | France | ||
23 | Strowska, Suzanne | La Merveilleuse histoire de Pan Twardowski, légende polonaise du XVIe siècle | 1933 | Noailles, Anna de | F | Preface (allograph) | 1933 | France | |
24 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | *Madame de La Suze, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Intertextuality | 1760 | France | ||
25 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | Poésies [de La Suze] | 1666 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | |
26 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | Poésies [de La Suze] | 1666 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
27 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | *Madame de La Suze, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | To be specified | France | |||
28 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | *Madame de La Suze, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | To be specified | 1700 | France | ||
29 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | *Madame de La Suze, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
30 | Suze, Henriette de Coligny, Comtesse de la | *Madame de La Suze, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | ||
31 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1836 | France | ||
32 | Tastu, Amable | Le Narcisse | 1815 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | F | To be specified | 1815 | France | |
33 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | Ségalas, Anais | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
34 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | ~~institution (name below) | F | Award | 1843 | France | ||
35 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
36 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
37 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | Dupin, Antoinette | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
38 | Tastu, Amable | *Amable Tastu, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
39 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Adaptation | 1765 | France | |
40 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
41 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1739 | France | |
42 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1765 | France | |
43 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1739 | France | |
44 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Mémoires du Comte de Comminges | 1735 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1764 | France | |
45 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
46 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Mémoires du Comte de Comminges | 1735 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Adaptation | 1764 | France | |
47 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | *Claudine de Tencin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
48 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | *Claudine de Tencin, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
49 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | *Claudine de Tencin, the author | ~~editor (name unknown) | U | Posthumous publication | 1864 | France | ||
50 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | *Claudine de Tencin, the author | ~~editor (name unknown) | U | Posthumous publication | 1786 | France | ||
51 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique | 1739 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Adaptation | 1765 | France | |
52 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | L'amour éprouvé par la mort, ou lettres modernes de deux amants de Vieille-Roche | 1763 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
53 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Vie du Cardinal d'Ossat | 1771 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
54 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Valcourt | 1767 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
55 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Valcourt | 1767 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
56 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | *Mme d'Arconville, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
57 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Mélanges de poésie angloise, contenant : l'Essai sur la poésie, de Jean Sheffield, duc de Buckingham... ; le Temple de la Renommée, d'Alexandre Pope ; Henry et Emma, imité de La Belle Brune de Chaucer, par Matthieu Prior. Traduit de l'anglois | 1764 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1763 | France | |
58 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | L'amour éprouvé par la mort, ou lettres modernes de deux amants de Vieille-Roche | 1763 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1763 | France | |
59 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Dona Gratia d'Araide, comtesse Ménésès, histoire portugaise | 1770 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
60 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Essai pour servir à l'histoire de la putréfaction | 1766 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
61 | Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie Geneviève-Charlotte | Histoire de François II, roi de France | 1783 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
62 | Tristan, Flora | Pérégrinations d’une paria | 1833 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
63 | Tristan, Flora | *Flora Tristan, the author | Thibert, Marguerite | F | To be specified | 1926 | France | ||
64 | Tristan, Flora | *Flora Tristan, the author | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1844 | France | ||
65 | Tullie Moneuse, Mme | Régina | 1836 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1837 | France | |
66 | Tullie Moneuse, Mme | Régina | 1836 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1837 | France | |
67 | Tullie Moneuse, Mme | Régina | 1836 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1837 | France | |
68 | Uncy, Mademoiselle | Contes moraux dans le goût de ceux de M.Marmontel | 1763 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
69 | Vacarescu, Elena | Le Sortilège | 1911 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Dedication | 1911 | France | |
70 | Valois, Marguerite de | Mémoires et Lettres de Marguerite de Valois | 1842 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Preface (allograph) | 1842 | France | |
71 | Valois, Marguerite de | Mémoires et Lettres de Marguerite de Valois | 1842 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
72 | Valois, Marguerite de | *Marguerite de Valois, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
73 | Villedieu, Madame de | Carmente | 1668 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
74 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les avantures et galanteries grenadines | 1673 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
75 | Villedieu, Madame de | Portrait des faiblesses humaines | 1702 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
76 | Villedieu, Madame de | Le Favori | 1665 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
77 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les désordres de l'amour | 1675 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
78 | Villedieu, Madame de | Nouvelles africaines | 1673 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
79 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les exilés de la Cour d' Auguste | 1672 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
80 | Villedieu, Madame de | *Madame de Villedieu, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
81 | Villedieu, Madame de | Carmente | 1668 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | F | Adaptation | 1709 | France | |
82 | Villedieu, Madame de | Mémoires de la vie d'Henriette-Sylvie de Molière | 1672 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
83 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les exilés de la Cour d' Auguste | 1672 | Lubert, Marie-Madeleine de | F | Intertextuality | 1739 | France | |
84 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les exilés de la Cour d' Auguste | 1672 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
85 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les amours des grands hommes | 1671 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
86 | Villedieu, Madame de | Le journal amoureux | 1669 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
87 | Villedieu, Madame de | Lisandre | 1663 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
88 | Villedieu, Madame de | Manlius Torquatus | 1662 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
89 | Villedieu, Madame de | Nitétis | 1663 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
90 | Villedieu, Madame de | Mémoires de la vie d'Henriette-Sylvie de Molière | 1672 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1745 | France | |
91 | Villedieu, Madame de | Les exilés de la Cour d' Auguste | 1672 | Lubert, Marie-Madeleine de | F | Egodocument | 1739 | France | |
92 | Villedieu, Madame de | Fables, ou histoires allégoriques | 1670 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1778 | France | |
93 | Villedieu, Madame de | Oeuvres de Desjardins (Madame de Villedieu) | 1741 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | |
94 | Villeneuve, Gabrielle Suzanne Barbot de | La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins | 1740 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1741 | France | |
95 | Villeneuve, Gabrielle Suzanne Barbot de | *Gabrielle Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
96 | Villeneuve, Gabrielle Suzanne Barbot de | La Jardinière de Vincennes ou les Caprices de l' amour et de la fortune | 1750 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
97 | Villeneuve, Gabrielle Suzanne Barbot de | Anecdotes de la cour d' Alphonse XI | 1756 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1755 | France | |
98 | Villiers, Madame de | *Madame de Villiers, the author | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
99 | Villiers, Madame de | *Madame de Villiers, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
100 | Violaine, Madame de | Mémoires de Monsieur de Saint-Gory | 1776 | Briquet, Madeleine | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France |