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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 | Cholmondeley, Mary | Moth and Rust | 1900 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1906 | France | |
2 | Christine de Pizan | La Vision | 1405 | Kéralio, Louise-Félix Guynement de | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1786 | France | |
3 | Christine de Pizan | Le Livre des faits et bonnes mœurs du sage roi Charles V | 1404 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
4 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1921 | France | ||
5 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
6 | Christine de Pizan | Le Livre des trois vertus | 1401 | Laigle, Mathilde | F | Edition | 1912 | France | |
7 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1806 | France | ||
8 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
9 | Christine de Pizan | Oeuvres poétiques de Christine de Pizan | 1430 | Anne de France | F | Intertextuality | 1500 | France | |
10 | Christine de Pizan | Le Livre des trois vertus | 1401 | Anne de France | F | Reaction to text or author | 1520 | France | |
11 | Christine de Pizan | Le chemin de longue estude | 1403 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1549 | France | |
12 | Christine de Pizan | Le chemin de longue estude | 1403 | Kéralio, Louise-Félix Guynement de | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1786 | France | |
13 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
14 | Christine de Pizan | La Cité des Dames | 1405 | Kéralio, Louise-Félix Guynement de | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1786 | France | |
15 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
16 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
17 | Christine de Pizan | *Christine de Pizan, the author | Kéralio, Louise-Félix Guynement de | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1786 | France | ||
18 | Clairon, Hippolyte | Mémoires et réflexions sur l'art dramatique | 1798 | Sand, George | F | Intertextuality | 1839 | France | |
19 | Clairon, Hippolyte | Mémoires et réflexions sur l'art dramatique | 1798 | Dumesnil, Marie Françoise | F | Intertextuality | 1798 | France | |
20 | Clare of Assisi, St. | *Rule of St Clare | 1253 | Colette, Sainte | F | Adaptation | 1434 | France | |
21 | Clifford, Lucy | *Lettres d'amour d'une femme du monde | 1900 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1902 | France | |
22 | Clive, Caroline | Paul Ferroll | 1856 | Lesbazeilles-Souvestre, Madame Eugène | F | Translation | 1859 | France | |
23 | Clive, Caroline | Paul Ferroll | 1856 | Loreau, Henriette | F | Translation | 1858 | France | |
24 | Clodius, Julie Friederike Henriette | *Julie Friederike Henriette Clodius, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
25 | Colban, Adolphine Marie | Souvenirs d'un voyage en Sibérie | 1857 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1857 | France | |
26 | Colet, Louise | *Louise Colet, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
27 | Colet, Louise | *Translation of Tommaso Campanella | 1844 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1844 | France | |
28 | Colet, Louise | Lui | 1859 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
29 | Colet, Louise | Poesies completes | 1844 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1843 | France | |
30 | Colet, Louise | *Louise Colet, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
31 | Colet, Louise | Les coeurs brises | 1843 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1843 | France | |
32 | Collin des Gimées, Victorine | *Victorine Collin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
33 | Collin des Gimées, Victorine | *Victorine Collin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
34 | Colonna, Vittoria | *Vittoria Colonna, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1811 | France | ||
35 | Colonna, Vittoria | *Vittoria Colonna, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
36 | Constant de Rebecque, Louise de, dame d'Estournelles | Deux femmes | 1836 | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Article in the press | 1836 | France | |
37 | Cooper, Maria Susanna | Letters between Emilia and Harriet | 1762 | Saint-Germain, Madame G.-D. de | F | Translation | 1763 | France | |
38 | Cornaro Piscopia, Eleonora Lucrezia | *Elena Lucrezia Corner Piscopia, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
39 | Cornaro Piscopia, Eleonora Lucrezia | *Elena Lucrezia Corner Piscopia, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1811 | France | ||
40 | Cornu, Hortense | *Madame Cornu, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1880 | France | ||
41 | Cosnard, Marthe | Les chastes martyrs, tragédie chrétienne | 1650 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
42 | Costanza da Varano | *Costanza da Varano, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1811 | France | ||
43 | Costanza da Varano | *Costanza da Varano, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
44 | Cottin, Sophie | *Sophie Cottin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
45 | Cottin, Sophie | Mathilde, ou mémoires tirés de l'histoire des croisades | 1805 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1805 | France | |
46 | Cottin, Sophie | Elisabeth ou les exilés de Sibérie | 1806 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
47 | Cottin, Sophie | Claire d'Albe | 1799 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | (Literary) history | 1811 | France | |
48 | Cottin, Sophie | Claire d'Albe | 1799 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
49 | Cottin, Sophie | Mathilde, ou mémoires tirés de l'histoire des croisades | 1805 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
50 | Cottin, Sophie | Amélie Mansfield | 1803 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
51 | Cottin, Sophie | Claire d'Albe | 1799 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
52 | Cottin, Sophie | Malvina | 1800 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
53 | Cottin, Sophie | *Sophie Cottin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1880 | France | ||
54 | Cottin, Sophie | Malvina | 1800 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1839 | France | |
55 | Cottin, Sophie | Mathilde, ou mémoires tirés de l'histoire des croisades | 1805 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Sequel | 1822 | France | |
56 | Cottin, Sophie | *Sophie Cottin, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1921 | France | ||
57 | Cottin, Sophie | *Sophie Cottin, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
58 | Cowley, Henriette | *Works by H. Cowley | 1770 | Wouters, Cornélie | F | Translation | 1784 | France | |
59 | Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock | A noble life | 1866 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | France | ||
60 | Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock | Two marriages | 1867 | Ala, Madame J. | F | Translation | 1879 | France | |
61 | Craven, Elizabeth Berkely, Lady &&& | A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople in a series of letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith : written in the year MDCCLXXXVI | 1789 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1789 | France | |
62 | Craven, Elizabeth Berkely, Lady &&& | A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople in a series of letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith : written in the year MDCCLXXXVI | 1789 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1789 | France | |
63 | Craven, Pauline | Récit d'une soeur | 1866 | Sazerac de Limagne, Joséphine | F | Egodocument | 1868 | France | |
64 | Craven, Pauline | *Pauline Craven, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
65 | Crenne, Hélisenne de | *Hélisenne de Crenne, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
66 | Crenne, Hélisenne de | *Hélisenne de Crenne, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
67 | Crenne, Hélisenne de | *Hélisenne de Crenne, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1769 | France | ||
68 | Crenne, Hélisenne de | *Hélisenne de Crenne, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1921 | France | ||
69 | Cummins, Maria Susanna | The Lamplighter | 1854 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1887 | France | |
70 | Cummins, Maria Susanna | The Lamplighter | 1854 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1854 | France | |
71 | Cummins, Maria Susanna | El Fureidis | 1860 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1865 | France | |
72 | Cummins, Maria Susanna | Mabel Vaughan | 1857 | Loreau, Henriette | F | Translation | 1858 | France | |
73 | Curchod, Suzanne | Mélanges litteraires | 1798 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1921 | France | |
74 | Curchod, Suzanne | Mélanges litteraires | 1798 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1801 | France | |
75 | Cuthbertson, Catherine | Romance of the Pyrenees | 1803 | Sand, George | F | Egodocument | 1854 | France | |
76 | Cuthbertson, Catherine | Romance of the Pyrenees | 1803 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | France | ||
77 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
78 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
79 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
80 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Intertextuality | 1753 | France | ||
81 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | ||
82 | Dacier, Anne | Causes de la corruption du goût | 1714 | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1769 | France | |
83 | Dacier, Anne | *Traduction d'Homère | 1711 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1784 | France | |
84 | Dacier, Anne | *Anne Dacier, the author | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | F | Intertextuality | 1784 | France | ||
85 | Dacier, Anne | *Traduction d'Homère | 1711 | ~~editor male (name below) | M | Edition | 1712 | France | |
86 | 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 | |
87 | Dalibar, Françoise-Thérèse Aumerle de St.Phalier | La rivale confidente | 1752 | ~~reader(s) (gender unknown) | U | Production in theatre | 1752 | France | |
88 | Daminois, Adèle | *Adèle Daminois, the author | Robert, Clémence | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
89 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | (Literary) history | 1804 | France | |
90 | Daubenton, Marguerite | Zélie dans le désert | 1787 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Mention | 1781 | France | |
91 | Daudet, Julia | *Julia Daudet, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
92 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
93 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée, née Bernier | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1804 | France | ||
94 | Deffand, Madame du | Correspondance (...) | 1809 | Mongellaz, Fanny | F | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1828 | France | |
95 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1890 | France | ||
96 | Deffand, Madame du | *Madame du Deffand, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
97 | Delabarre, Caroline | *Mme Delabarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1843 | France | ||
98 | Delabarre, Caroline | *Mme Delabarre, the author | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1886 | France | ||
99 | Delafaye-Bréhier, Julie | Robinson français, le petit naufragé | 1826 | ~~editor (name unknown) | U | Edition | 1827 | France | |
100 | Deledda, Grazia | Le tentazioni | 1895 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1905 | France |