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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 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
2 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
3 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
4 | Dacier, Anne | *Traduction d'Homère | 1711 | ~~editor male (name below) | M | Edition | 1712 | France | |
5 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
6 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1784 | France | ||
7 | Dacier, Anne | *Traduction d'Homère | 1711 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1784 | France | |
8 | Dalibar, Françoise-Thérèse Aumerle de St.Phalier | Le Porte-Feuille rendu, ou Lettres historiques | 1749 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
9 | Dalibar, Françoise-Thérèse Aumerle de St.Phalier | La rivale confidente | 1752 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1752 | France | |
10 | Daminois, Adèle | *Adèle Daminois, the author | Robert, Clémence | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
11 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
12 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | |
13 | Daudet, Julia | *Julia Daudet, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
14 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
15 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
16 | Deffand, Madame du | Correspondance (...) | 1809 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
17 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
18 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
19 | Delabarre, Caroline | *Mme Delabarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
20 | Delabarre, Caroline | *Mme Delabarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
21 | Delafaye-Bréhier, Julie | Robinson français, le petit naufragé | 1826 | ~~editor (name unknown) | U | Edition | 1827 | France | |
22 | De Luna Folliero, Cecilia | De l’éducation des femmes [...]; suivi de l’Essai sur l’état actuel de la Musique à Naples, surtout parmi les Femmes [..] | 1827 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
23 | De Luna Folliero, Cecilia | De l’éducation des femmes [...]; suivi de l’Essai sur l’état actuel de la Musique à Naples, surtout parmi les Femmes [..] | 1827 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1827 | France | |
24 | Denis, Marie Louise | La femme à la mode | 1750 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1749 | France | |
25 | Denis, Marie Louise | La femme à la mode | 1750 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1749 | France | |
26 | Dénoix, Fanny | *Fanny Dénoix, the author | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
27 | Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline | *Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
28 | Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline | *Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
29 | Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline | *Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, the author | ~~institution (name below) | F | Award | 1843 | France | ||
30 | Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline | *Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, the author | Dupin, Antoinette | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
31 | Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline | *Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, the author | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1835 | France | ||
32 | Descartes, Catherine | *Vers | Scudéry, Madeleine de | F | Egodocument | France | |||
33 | Descartes, Catherine | *Vers | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | ||
34 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Intertextuality | 1760 | France | ||
35 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Les Moutons | 1674 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1738 | France | |
36 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Oeuvres de Deshoulières | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | ||
37 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Poésies [de Mme Deshoulières] | 1688 | Graffigny, Françoise de | F | Egodocument | 1738 | France | |
38 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | ||
39 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1821 | France | ||
40 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Poésies [de Mme Deshoulières] | 1688 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1782 | France | |
41 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Oeuvres de Deshoulières | L'Héritier de Villandon, Marie-Jeanne | F | Reaction to text or author | 1694 | France | ||
42 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | Oeuvres de Deshoulières | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | F | Mention | 1748 | France | ||
43 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
44 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
45 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
46 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
47 | Deshoulières, Antoinette | *Antoinette Deshoulières, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
48 | Deshoulières, Antoinette-Thérèse | Oeuvres choisies | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
49 | Desormery, Louise-Françoise | *Madame Desormery, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
50 | Desormery, Louise-Françoise | *Madame Desormery, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
51 | Desroches, Catherine | *Catherine Desroches, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
52 | Des Ursins, Anne-Marie de La Trémoille, princesse | *Anne-Marie de la Trémoille, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
53 | Devoisin, Anna | Les Borgia d'Afrique | ~~author male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1872 | France | ||
54 | Dodane | Manuel de conduite | 840 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
55 | Double, Marie | *Mme Biard, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
56 | Doublet de Persan, Madame | *Madame Doublet de Persan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
57 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | *Adélaïde Dufresnoy, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
58 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | *Adélaïde Dufresnoy, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
59 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | *Adélaïde Dufresnoy, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
60 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | La Femme auteur, ou les Inconvéniens de la célébrité | 1812 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
61 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | Courier lyrique et amusant, ou Passe-temps des toilettes | 1786 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
62 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | La Femme auteur, ou les Inconvéniens de la célébrité | 1812 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Intertextuality | 1825 | France | |
63 | Dufresnoy, Adélaïde | *Adélaïde Dufresnoy, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | ||
64 | Du Hallay, Madame | *Madame du Hallay, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | ||
65 | Dupin, Antoinette | *Antoinette Dupin, the author | Dupin, Antoinette | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
66 | Dupin, Antoinette | *Antoinette Dupin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
67 | Dupin de Chenonceaux, Madame | *Madame Dupin, the author | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1846 | France | ||
68 | Dupuis, Eudoxie | Encyclopédie des écoles. Premières lectures des petits enfants syllabées et suivies de leçons d'après la méthode Froebel | 1878 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1882 | France | |
69 | Dupuis, Modeste | Traité du mérite des femmes | 1590 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | |
70 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les belles Grecques, ou l'Histoire des plus fameuses courtisanes de la Grèce | 1712 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
71 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | *Catherine Durand de Bédacier, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | ||
72 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | *Catherine Durand de Bédacier, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | ||
73 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | *Catherine Durand de Bédacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
74 | Duras, Claire | Ourika | 1824 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1825 | France | |
75 | Duras, Claire | Ourika | 1824 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
76 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1764 | France | |
77 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1765 | France | |
78 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | *Anne Louise Elie de Beaumont, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
79 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1764 | France | |
80 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
81 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1764 | France | |
82 | Épinay, Louise de | *Louise de Epinay, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
83 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
84 | Épinay, Louise de | *Louise de Epinay, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
85 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1781 | France | |
86 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1774 | France | |
87 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1782 | France | |
88 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1784 | France | |
89 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1773 | France | |
90 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~reader(s) female (name below) | F | Egodocument | France | ||
91 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Women's press: article | 1775 | France | |
92 | Épinay, Louise de | Conversations d'Emilie | 1774 | Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette Genest | F | Proof of influence | France | ||
93 | Epinay Saint-Luc, Sophie d' | Valida, ou la Réputation d'une femme | 1835 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1835 | France | |
94 | Espinassy, Mademoiselle d' | Nouvel abrégé de l' histoire de France, a l'usage des jeunes gens | 1766 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
95 | Espinassy, Mademoiselle d' | Essai sur l'éducation des demoiselles | 1764 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
96 | Espinassy, Mademoiselle d' | Nouvel abrégé de l' histoire de France, a l'usage des jeunes gens | 1766 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
97 | Espinassy, Mademoiselle d' | Essai sur l'éducation des demoiselles | 1764 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
98 | Fagnan, Marie-Antoinette Marie, Dame | Kanor, conte traduit du sauvage | 1750 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1750 | France | |
99 | Fagnan, Marie-Antoinette Marie, Dame | Kanor, conte traduit du sauvage | 1750 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Mention | 1755 | France | |
100 | Fagnan, Marie-Antoinette Marie, Dame | Kanor, conte traduit du sauvage | 1750 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1750 | France |