Searching You can search by clicking on one of the following links on the upper side of the screen. "Authors" to search for an author "Works" to search for a work "Receptions" to search for a reception Some hints for the various fields on which you can search: Author of reception document Use this field to find receptions by this person. To find receptions by a woman: search on her name To find receptions by a category (i.e. by men): search on the category To find receptions by a specific man: search on his name in the "title of reception document" field Author of work Use this field to find receptions of the works of this writer. Country This list contains only countries, not the areas in which a language was spoken. Sometimes you are uncertain about a country, for instance if you don't know if a writer who wrote in German lived in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or even the double-monarchy. Similary if a writer wrote in various languages or in the language that was not the official one of the country in which she lived. In such cases, it's best to try all possible countries (or no country at all) Elements of bibliography In this field you can search for various bibliographical works Gender The list of authors also ..\includes: * some names of persons who are not known for certain to be female (to find them choose "both") * various categories for male authors (e.g. translator) - their names, if known, are specified in the relevant records Genre The list allows you to choose amongst a number of genres. We have chosen to use fairly broadly defined genres, instead of splitting them into more precise subgenres (like historical novel, novel in letters). Living in year You can only search on a single year. Searching on a period of time is not possible Name Search in the names of "authors". The term "authors" here ..\includes translators and reporters, and any other women who have addressed themselves to a wider audience in writing or in print. Not included are women who just kept a diary or only wrote private letters. When searching, a part of the name often suffices. Receiving country Choose the country for which you'd like to see data on receptions. Please note: if you're looking for translations into a particular language, try all the countries in which this language was used. Records per page You can change this value if you'd like to see more records per page Reference Search on references to the source of a reception (such as journal, volume and page number of an article) Source This list contains the various sources in which data can be found. These include 18th and 19th century journals, library catalogues and lists of translations. By selecting one, you get the data which were found in this source. Title of reception document Search on the title of a translation, article etc. You can also use this field to search male reception-authors by name. Topos Search on narrative elements that can have a part in women's texts. Such elements, called "narrative topoi", are indicated with a code which was developed by SATOR (Société pour l'Analyse de la Topique Romanesque; see www.sator.org. At the moment, these codes are only available in French. We are working on selecting topoi that can be considered relevant for the field of female authorship. Type of reception document This is a list of the various types of receptions: translation, journal article, comments in an egodocument etc. By selecting one, you get data on receptions of that particular type. Words of title You can search on the whole or part of a title. If you search on common words, the number of results may be too high. Try searching on words that are unique to the title you're looking for. Written/published in year Search on the year in which a reception was written or published. The "Reports" link takes you to a page with reports. Reports contain all the data in this database, grouped in various ways. Editors can use "login" link to get to the login page.
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Some notes about authors In the context of this database, "authors" are not only the authors of original works, but also translators or readers who have written about what they've read. The database ..\includes some temporary "names" such as "Anoniem" (anonymous). We hope that in such cases, the actual name of the author will be found during further research. Phrases such as "auteur (nom connu)" refer to male authors whose name can be found in the notes. A few names of men have been included in the database. These fall into two categories: * Relatives or friends of female authors. By including them, we hope to gain insight into the relationship between these networks and that created by writing and reading published works. * Authors of compendiums of female authors.
Found 5608 records
Name Year born Year of death Country Language
1 Alcoforado, Mariana 1640 1723 Portugal
French
Portuguese
2 Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 United States
English
3 Aldenburg, Charlotte-Sophie 1715 1800 Germany
German
4 Alden, Isabella Macdonald 1841 1930 United States
English
5 ®  Aldobrandini, Liona 1522 1590 Italy
Italian
6 ®  Aldrovandi, Lavinia 1550 1600 Italy
Italian
7 ®  Alekseeva, Maria Danilovna 1857 1923 Russia
Russian
8 ®  Alessandrini, Abigaille 1810 1860 Italy
Italian
9 ®  Alessi, Maria Felice 1700 1750 Italy
Italian
10 ®  Alexander, Cecil Frances 1818 1895 Ireland
English
11 Alfimova, Anna Efimovna 1795 1875 Russia
Russian
French
12 Alfken, Emilia 1800 1860 Germany
German
13 Alford, Viscountess Marian Margaret 1817 1888 England
English
14 ®  Alfthan, Ingeborg von 1868 1946 Finland
Swedish
15 Algasie 400 500 France
Latin
16 ®  Aliakrinskaia, N. 1800 1871 Russia
Russian
17 Alifeld, Elwine 1800 1900 Germany
German
18 Alimperti, Sotiria / Ἀλιμπέρτη, Σωτηρία 1847 1922 Greece
Italy
Romania
Greek
Italian
19 Alimpić, Mileva 1833 1914 Serbia
Serbian
20 ®  Ali, Olimpia 1675 1725 Italy
Italian