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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)
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Gender
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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.
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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.
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Receptions
This is the help text for the list of receptions
Found 1008 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | Bölte, Amely | F | Intertextuality | 1852 | Germany | |
2 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | Bölte, Amely | F | Intertextuality | 1862 | Germany | |
3 | Brontë, Charlotte | *Charlotte Brontë, the author | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1850 | Germany | ||
4 | Brontë, Charlotte | *Charlotte Brontë, the author | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1850 | Germany | ||
5 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1850 | Germany | |
6 | Brontë, Charlotte | Villette | 1853 | ~~journalist (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1854 | Germany | |
7 | Brontë, Charlotte | Villette | 1853 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1853 | Germany | |
8 | Brontë, Charlotte | The professor | 1857 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | Germany | ||
9 | Brontë, Charlotte | The professor | 1857 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1857 | Germany | |
10 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1849 | Germany | |
11 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1849 | Germany | |
12 | Brontë, Charlotte | Shirley | 1849 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1850 | Germany | |
13 | Brontë, Charlotte | Shirley | 1849 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1850 | Germany | |
14 | Brontë, Charlotte | *Charlotte Brontë, the author | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1850 | Germany | ||
15 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1850 | Germany | |
16 | Brontë, Charlotte | *Charlotte Brontë, the author | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1860 | Germany | ||
17 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | Birch-Pfeiffer, Charlotte | F | Adaptation | 1853 | Germany | |
18 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | ~~editor male (name below) | M | Publication of original text (untranslated) | 1855 | Germany | |
19 | Brontë, Charlotte | Jane Eyre | 1847 | Bölte, Amely | F | To be specified | 1873 | Germany | |
20 | Brontë, Charlotte | *Charlotte Brontë, the author | Krinitz, Elise | F | To be specified | 1865 | Germany | ||
21 | Brunius, Louise | Systrarne: berättelse | 1843 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1844 | Germany | |
22 | Büchner, Luise | *Luise Büchner, the author | Morgenstern, Lina | F | Women's press: article | 1877 | Germany | ||
23 | Bulwer-Lytton, Rosina | Cheveley, or the Man of Honour | 1839 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1839 | Germany | |
24 | Bulwer-Lytton, Rosina | Cheveley, or the Man of Honour | 1839 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1839 | Germany | |
25 | Bulwer-Lytton, Rosina | Very Succesful | 1859 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1857 | Germany | |
26 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | Little Lord Fauntleroy | 1886 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1890 | Germany | |
27 | Burney, Fanny | *Georgina, (eene waare Geschiedenis) (Georgina, (A true History) | 1789 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1800 | Germany | |
28 | Caldwell, Anne | *Adelaide Lindsay | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | Germany | |||
29 | Calm, Marie | Die Stellung der deutschen Lehrerinnen | 1870 | ~~journalist female (name unknown) | F | Women's press: article | 1871 | Germany | |
30 | Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette Genest | De l'éducation | 1824 | Gersdorff, Wilhelmine von | F | Translation | 1824 | Germany | |
31 | Canth, Minna | Sylvi (Sylvi) | 1893 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1908 | Germany | |
32 | Castéra, Désirée de | La Vie de Cathérine II, impératrice de Russie | 1797 | Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands | F | Private collection | 1832 | Germany | |
33 | Catherine II, née princesse Sophie-Frédérique-Auguste d'Anhalt-Zerbst | *Théâtre de l'hermitage de Catherine II, impératrice de Russie ; composé par cette princesse, par plusieurs personnes de sa société intime et par quelques ministres étrangers... | 1798 | Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands | F | Private collection | 1832 | Germany | |
34 | Centlivre, Susanna | The Busy Body | 1709 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1792 | Germany | |
35 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Le Noble, conte moral | 1762 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Proof of influence | 1774 | Germany | |
36 | Charrière, Isabelle de | *Isabelle de Charrière, the author | ~~historian of literature (male, name below) | M | (Literary) history | 1906 | Germany | ||
37 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Les ruïnes de Yedburg | 1799 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1801 | Germany | |
38 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Les ruïnes de Yedburg | 1799 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1801 | Germany | |
39 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Sainte Anne | 1799 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1802 | Germany | |
40 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Le Noble, conte moral | 1762 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Egodocument | 1770 | Germany | |
41 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Le Noble, conte moral | 1762 | ~~author male (name below) | M | To be specified | 1771 | Germany | |
42 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Le Noble, conte moral | 1762 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Article in the press | 1772 | Germany | |
43 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Lettres écrites de Lausanne | 1785 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1792 | Germany | |
44 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Sir Walter Finch et son fils William | 1806 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1806 | Germany | |
45 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Trois femmes | 1795 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1797 | Germany | |
46 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Honorine d'Userche | 1796 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1797 | Germany | |
47 | Charrière, Isabelle de | La parfaite Liberté ou les vous et les toi | 1796 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1797 | Germany | |
48 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Sainte Anne | 1799 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1802 | Germany | |
49 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Sainte Anne | 1799 | ~~journalist (name unknown) | M | Article in the press | 1801 | Germany | |
50 | Charrière, Isabelle de | Lettres trouvées dans des portefeuilles d'émigrés | 1793 | Huber, Therese | F | Intertextuality | 1794 | Germany |