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Topos
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We are working on selecting topoi that can be considered relevant for the field of female authorship.
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Receptions
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Found 648 records
Author of work | Work | Publish year | Receiver | Gender | Reception type | Year | Country | ||
1 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Les Américaines, ou la preuve de la religion chrétienne par les lumières naturelles | 1770 | Cerda y Vera, María Cayetana de la | F | Translation (only) announced | 1790 | Spain | |
2 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Les veillées du château ou Cours de morale à l'usage des enfans | 1782 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1788 | Spain | |
3 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Magasin des adolescentes | 1760 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1787 | Spain | |
4 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Contes moraux (Leprince de Beaumont) | 1774 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
5 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Magasin des enfants | 1756 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
6 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | La dévotion éclairée, ou magasin des dévotes | 1779 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
7 | Lambert, Anne-Thérèse de | Oeuvres [Madame de Lambert] | 1748 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
8 | Cruz, Juana Inés de la | Poemas de la unica poetisa americana, musa dezima, .. | 1714 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
9 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | *Magasin des Dames | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | ||
10 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Magasin des adolescentes | 1760 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
11 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Lettres d'Emerance à Lucie | 1765 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1786 | Spain | |
12 | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de | Adèle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur l'éducation | 1782 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1785 | Spain | |
13 | Silva Bazán y Arcos de Meneses, Mariana de | * Mariana de Silva Bazán y Arcos de Meneses, the author | ~~author (name unknown) | U | Obituary | 1784 | Spain | ||
14 | Lambert, Anne-Thérèse de | Oeuvres [Madame de Lambert] | 1748 | Cerda y Vera, María Cayetana de la | F | Translation | 1784 | Spain | |
15 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | La dévotion éclairée, ou magasin des dévotes | 1779 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1782 | Spain | |
16 | Hubert, Marie | Lettres sur la religion essentielle à l'homme, distinguée de ce qui n'en est que l'accessoire | 1738 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1782 | Spain | |
17 | Graffigny, Françoise de | Lettres d'une Péruvienne | 1747 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1782 | Spain | |
18 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Instructions pour les jeunes dames, qui entrent dans le monde et se marient | 1764 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1779 | Spain | |
19 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Magasin des enfants | 1756 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1778 | Spain | |
20 | Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne Marie | Magasin des pauvres, artisans, domestiques et gens de campagne | 1767 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1773 | Spain | |
21 | Lussan, Marguerite de | Les veillées de Thessalie | 1731 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
22 | Lafayette, Marie-Madeleine de | Zaïde, histoire Espagnole | 1669 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
23 | Gomez, Madeleine-Angélique de | La jeune Alcidiane | 1733 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
24 | Gomez, Madeleine-Angélique de | Les cent nouvelles nouvelles | 1732 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
25 | Lafayette, Marie-Madeleine de | La Princesse de Clèves | 1678 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
26 | Brooke, Frances | History of Emily Montague | 1769 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
27 | Scudéry, Madeleine de | Mathilde [d'Aguilar]. Dédié à Monsieur, frère unique du Roy. | 1667 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
28 | Villeneuve, Gabrielle Suzanne Barbot de | La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins | 1740 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
29 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Mémoires du Comte de Comminges | 1735 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
30 | Aulnoy, Marie-Cathérine d' | La Relation du Voyage en Espagne | 1691 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
31 | Scudéry, Madeleine de | Ibrahim, ou l'illustre Bassa | 1641 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
32 | Elie de Beaumont, Anne Louise | Lettres du Marquis de Roselle | 1764 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
33 | Fauque, Marianne-Agnès Pillement de | Abassaï, histoire orientale | 1753 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
34 | Riccoboni, Marie-Jeanne | Histoire de Miss Jenny | 1764 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
35 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Les malheurs de l'amour | 1747 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
36 | Tencin, Claudine A.G. de | Mémoires du Comte de Comminges | 1735 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
37 | Scudéry, Madeleine de | Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus | 1649 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
38 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les belles Grecques, ou l'Histoire des plus fameuses courtisanes de la Grèce | 1712 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
39 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | La Comtesse de Mortane | 1699 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
40 | Durand de Bédacier, Catherine | Les petits soupers de l'été de l'année 1699, ou avantures galantes, avec l'origine des fées | 1702 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
41 | Sévigné, Marie de | Lettres [de Madame de Sévigné] | 1734 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
42 | Behn, Aphra | Oroonoko, or the royal slave | 1688 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
43 | Guichard, Eléonore | Mémoires de Cécile | 1751 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
44 | La Grange de Richebourg, Madame | Aventures de Dom Ramire de Roxas et de Dona Leonore de Mendoca | 1737 | ~~reader(s) male (name below) | M | Private collection | 1770 | Spain | |
45 | Borbón, Isabel de, Infanta de España (Spanish princess) | *Méditations chrétiennes pour une retraite spirituelle [Christian meditations for a spiritual retirement] | 1763 | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1767 | Spain | |
46 | Foucquet, Marie de Maupeou, Dame | Remèdes faciles et domestiques | ~~translator male (name below) | M | Translation | 1748 | Spain | ||
47 | Browne, Mary Bonaventure | *Chronicle of the Irish Poor Clare nuns | 1672 | ~~author male (name below) | M | Bio-bibliogr. compilation | 1732 | Spain | |
48 | Behn, Aphra | The Rover, or The Banish'd Cavaliers | 1677 | ~~translator (name unknown) | U | Translation | 1700 | Spain |