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Receptions
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Found 2400 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Aulnoy, Marie-Cathérine d' | Contes des fées | 1698 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1848 | France | |
2 | Aulnoy, Marie-Cathérine d' | Contes des fées | 1698 | ~~illustrator (name below) | U | Picture | 1882 | France | |
3 | Auneuil, Louise de Bossigny, Comtesse | La tirannie des fées détruite | 1702 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
4 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice | 1813 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1822 | France | |
5 | Austen, Jane | Emma (Austen) | 1816 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1816 | France | |
6 | Austen, Jane | Northanger Abbey | 1817 | Ferrières, Hyacinthe de | F | Translation | 1824 | France | |
7 | Austen, Jane | *Jane Austen, the author | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1898 | France | ||
8 | Austen, Jane | Persuasion | 1818 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
9 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice | 1813 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
10 | Austen, Jane | Sense and Sensibility | 1811 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
11 | Austen, Jane | Persuasion | 1818 | Montolieu, Isabelle de | F | Translation | 1821 | France | |
12 | Austen, Jane | Sense and Sensibility | 1811 | Montolieu, Isabelle de | F | Translation | 1815 | France | |
13 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice | 1813 | Perks, Eloïse | F | Translation | 1821 | France | |
14 | Austen, Jane | *Jane Austen, the author | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1878 | France | ||
15 | Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice | 1813 | Staël, Germaine de | F | Reaction to text or author | 1815 | France | |
16 | Austen, Jane | Mansfield Park | 1814 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1816 | France | |
17 | Autreval, Mademoiselle d' | *Mademoiselle d'Autreval, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1769 | France | ||
18 | Ayzac, Félicie Marie Émilie d' | *Félicie d'Ayzac, the author | ~~institution (name below) | F | Award | 1843 | France | ||
19 | Azalaïs de Porcairagues | *Azalaïs de Porcairagues, the author | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Biography | 1250 | France | ||
20 | Babois, Victoire | *Victoire Babois, the author | Ulliac de Tremadeure, Sophie | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
21 | Babois, Victoire | Elégies, par Madame V.B. | 1805 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
22 | Bacheracht, Therese von | Menschen und Gegenden | 1845 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1846 | France | |
23 | Baillie, Joanna | *Joanna Baillie, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1827 | France | ||
24 | Baillie, Joanna | *Joanna Baillie, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
25 | Barbauld, Anna Laetitia | Hymns in prose for children | 1781 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1818 | France | |
26 | Barbauld, Anna Laetitia | Hymns in prose for children | 1781 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1818 | France | |
27 | Barbauld, Anna Laetitia | Hymns in prose for children | 1781 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1835 | France | |
28 | Barbauld, Anna Laetitia | Evenings at home | 1792 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1797 | France | |
29 | Barbauld, Anna Laetitia | The correspondence of Samuel Richardson ... / selected from the original manuscripts to which are prefixed, a biographical account of that author, and observations on his writings | 1804 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
30 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Arrie et Pétus | 1702 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
31 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Arrie et Pétus | 1702 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1702 | France | |
32 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Cornélie, mère des Gracques | 1703 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1703 | France | |
33 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Tomyris | 1707 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1706 | France | |
34 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | La mort de César | 1710 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1709 | France | |
35 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Oeuvres de Barbier | 1719 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
36 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Oeuvres de Barbier | 1719 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1782 | France | |
37 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | La mort de César | 1710 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
38 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Le théâtre de l'amour et de la fortune | 1713 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
39 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Oeuvres de Barbier | 1719 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
40 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Tomyris | 1707 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
41 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Le Faucon | 1709 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
42 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Cornélie, mère des Gracques | 1703 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
43 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | La mort de César | 1710 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1746 | France | |
44 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | La mort de César | 1710 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Plagiarism | 1735 | France | |
45 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | Cornélie, mère des Gracques | 1703 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Adaptation | 1784 | France | |
46 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | *Marie Anne Barbier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
47 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | *Marie Anne Barbier, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
48 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | *Marie Anne Barbier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1921 | France | ||
49 | Barbier, Marie-Anne | *Marie Anne Barbier, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1769 | France | ||
50 | Barthélemy Hadot, Marie Adélaide | Les brigands anglais | 1821 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
51 | Bassi-Verati, Laura | *Laura Bassi-Verati, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1799 | France | ||
52 | Bassi-Verati, Laura | *Laura Bassi-Verati, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
53 | Bastide, Jenny Dufourquet | Savinie | 1835 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1835 | France | |
54 | Bastide, Jenny Dufourquet | Savinie | 1835 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1835 | France | |
55 | Bastide, Jenny Dufourquet | Savinie | 1835 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1835 | France | |
56 | Bastide, Jenny Dufourquet | Pascaline | 1835 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1835 | France | |
57 | Baum, Vicki | Stud. chem. Helene Willfüer | 1928 | ~~author female (name unknown) | F | Translation | 1932 | France | |
58 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | Le petit commissionnaire | 1794 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1794 | France | |
59 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | *Alexandrine-Sophie de Bawr, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
60 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | *Alexandrine-Sophie de Bawr, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1921 | France | ||
61 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | Auguste et Frédéric | 1817 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
62 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | Auguste et Frédéric | 1817 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
63 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | *Alexandrine-Sophie de Bawr, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
64 | Bawr, Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand | *Alexandrine-Sophie de Bawr, the author | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1846 | France | ||
65 | Bayle-Mouillard, Élisabeth-Félicie | Émile et Rosalie, ou les Époux amants | 1820 | Lebassu d'Helf, Josephine | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | |
66 | Bayle-Mouillard, Élisabeth-Félicie | *Élisabeth-Félicie Bayle-Mouillard, the author | Lebassu d'Helf, Josephine | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
67 | Bayle-Mouillard, Élisabeth-Félicie | Virginie, ou l'Enthousiasme de l'honneur | 1822 | Lebassu d'Helf, Josephine | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | |
68 | Bayreuth, Margrave de | Mémoires de Frederique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse | 1810 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
69 | Bazincourt, Mademoiselle Thomas de | Abrégé historique et chronologique des figures de la Bible, mis en vers français | 1768 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | |
70 | Bazincourt, Mademoiselle Thomas de | Abrégé historique et chronologique des figures de la Bible, mis en vers français | 1768 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1769 | France | |
71 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | Volsidor et Zulménie | 1776 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
72 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | *work by Beauharnais (to be specified) | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | ||
73 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | *work by Beauharnais (to be specified) | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | ||
74 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | Lettres de Stéphanie, roman historique en trois parties | 1778 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1778 | France | |
75 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | A tous les penseurs, salut | 1773 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1774 | France | |
76 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | La fausse inconstance, ou le triomphe de l'honnêteté | 1787 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1787 | France | |
77 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | Lettres de Stéphanie, roman historique en trois parties | 1778 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
78 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | A tous les penseurs, salut | 1773 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
79 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | Les sacrifices de l'amour | 1771 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
80 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | L'aveugle par amour | 1781 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
81 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | L'Abailard supposé, ou le sentiment à l'épreuve | 1780 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
82 | Beauharnais, Fanny Mouchard Comtesse de | La fausse inconstance, ou le triomphe de l'honnêteté | 1787 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
83 | Beaumer, Madame de | *Madame de Beaumer, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | ||
84 | Beaumer, Madame de | Journal des Dames | 1761 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1762 | France | |
85 | Beaumer, Madame de | Journal des Dames | 1761 | Pompadour, Marquise de, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson | F | Private collection | 1765 | France | |
86 | Beaumer, Madame de | Journal des Dames | 1761 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1761 | France | |
87 | Beaumer, Madame de | Journal des Dames | 1761 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
88 | Beaumer, Madame de | Journal des Dames | 1761 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
89 | Beaumer, Madame de | Oeuvres mêlées (Beaumer) | 1760 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1761 | France | |
90 | Beaumer, Madame de | *Madame de Beaumer, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | ||
91 | Beccari, Madame | Mémoires de Lucie d'Olbery, traduits de l'anglais par madame de B... G..., auteur des Lettres de milady Bedford | 1770 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
92 | Beccari, Madame | Milord d'Ambi, histoire anglaise | 1778 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
93 | Beccari, Madame | Milord d'Ambi, histoire anglaise | 1778 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1778 | France | |
94 | Beccari, Madame | Mémoires de Fanny Spingler, histoire anglaise | 1780 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
95 | Beccari, Madame | Lettres de Milady de Bedford | 1769 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
96 | Behn, Aphra | Oroonoko, or the royal slave | 1688 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1756 | France | |
97 | Behn, Aphra | Oroonoko, or the royal slave | 1688 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1769 | France | |
98 | Behn, Aphra | *Aphra Behn, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1821 | France | ||
99 | Behn, Aphra | *Aphra Behn, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1828 | France | ||
100 | Behn, Aphra | *Aphra Behn, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France |