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-<br><br>This type of source has been and is studied in particular by [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Hilde_Hoogenboom Hilde Hoogenboom], who provided the following list of such compilations, as published before 1900 in several countries, presented below in alphabetical order first and then chronologically.<br><br><br>+<br><br>This type of source has been and is studied in particular by [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Hilde_Hoogenboom Hilde Hoogenboom], who provided the following list of such compilations, as published before 1900 in several countries, presented below in alphabetical order first and then chronologically.<br><br>
 + 
 +In some cases hyperlinks are provided toward information in records of the database ''WomenWriters''. This will be further developed in the near future.<br><br> <br>
'''Alphabetical Order''' <br><br> '''Alphabetical Order''' <br><br>
-Ballard, George, ''Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences''. Oxford, 1752. Ed. Ruth Perry. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985. <br><br>+Ballard, George, ''Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences''. Oxford, 1752. Ed. Ruth Perry. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985. (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ballard list of names]) <br><br>
''Biographium Femineum: The Female Worthies: Or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies of all Ages and Nations, who have been Eminently distinguished for the Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and other Excellent Endowments, conspicuous in all the various Stations and Relations of Life, public and private''. London: S. Crowder and J. Payne, 1766, 2 vols. <br><br> ''Biographium Femineum: The Female Worthies: Or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies of all Ages and Nations, who have been Eminently distinguished for the Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and other Excellent Endowments, conspicuous in all the various Stations and Relations of Life, public and private''. London: S. Crowder and J. Payne, 1766, 2 vols. <br><br>
-Blanchard, Pierre, Plutarque de la jeunesse, ou Abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours. Paris, Chez Le Prieur, 1803-4. <br><br>+Blanchard, Pierre, ''Plutarque de la jeunesse, ou Abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours''. Paris, Chez Le Prieur, 1803-4. <br><br>
—, ''Neuer Plutarch, oder, Kurze Lebensbeschreibungen der berühmtesten Männer aller Nationen von den ältesten bis auf unsere Zeiten''. Vienna: Im Verlage den Anton Doll, 1806-7. <br><br> —, ''Neuer Plutarch, oder, Kurze Lebensbeschreibungen der berühmtesten Männer aller Nationen von den ältesten bis auf unsere Zeiten''. Vienna: Im Verlage den Anton Doll, 1806-7. <br><br>
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''Galerie des dames françaises distinguées dans les lettres et les arts - ancienne monarchie; empire; restauration; époque actuelle''. Paris: Dussillon, 1840s. <br><br> ''Galerie des dames françaises distinguées dans les lettres et les arts - ancienne monarchie; empire; restauration; époque actuelle''. Paris: Dussillon, 1840s. <br><br>
-Genlis, Madame de, ''De l'influence des femmes sur la littérature française, comme protectrices des lettres et comme auteurs; ou précis de l'histoire des femmes françaises les plus célèbres''. Paris: Maradan, 1811. <br><br>+[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/33 Genlis, Madame de], ''De l'influence des femmes sur la littérature française, comme protectrices des lettres et comme auteurs; ou précis de l'histoire des femmes françaises les plus célèbres''. Paris: Maradan, 1811. <br><br>
Ghennady, Grégoire, ''Les écrivains franco-russes. Bibliographie des ouvrages français publiés par des Russes''. Dresden: E. Blockmann et fils, 1874. <br><br> Ghennady, Grégoire, ''Les écrivains franco-russes. Bibliographie des ouvrages français publiés par des Russes''. Dresden: E. Blockmann et fils, 1874. <br><br>
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Gross, Heinrich, ''Deutsche Dichterinen und Schriftstellerinen in Wort und Bild''. Berlin: Fr. Thiel, 1885, 3 vols. <br><br> Gross, Heinrich, ''Deutsche Dichterinen und Schriftstellerinen in Wort und Bild''. Berlin: Fr. Thiel, 1885, 3 vols. <br><br>
-Hale, Sarah Josepha, ''The Ladies’ Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America: with Original Notices and Notes: Prepared Especially for Young Ladies: a Gift Book for All Seasons''. Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon; New York: D. Appleton, 1837. <br><br>+[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3746 Hale, Sarah Josepha], ''The Ladies’ Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America: with Original Notices and Notes: Prepared Especially for Young Ladies: a Gift Book for All Seasons''. Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon; New York: D. Appleton, 1837. <br><br>
—, ''Woman's Record; or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "The Beginning" till A.D. 1850, arranged in Four Eras with Selections from Female Writers of Every Age (Illustrated by Two Hundred and Thirty Portraits)''. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. <br><br> —, ''Woman's Record; or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "The Beginning" till A.D. 1850, arranged in Four Eras with Selections from Female Writers of Every Age (Illustrated by Two Hundred and Thirty Portraits)''. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. <br><br>
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Hart, John S, ''Female Prose Writers of America, with portraits, biographical notices, and specimens of their writings''. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1851. <br><br> Hart, John S, ''Female Prose Writers of America, with portraits, biographical notices, and specimens of their writings''. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1851. <br><br>
-Kavanagh, Julia, ''French Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862, 2 vols. <br><br>+[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/233 Kavanagh, Julia], ''French Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862, 2 vols. <br><br>
—, ''English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863, 2 vols. <br><br> —, ''English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863, 2 vols. <br><br>
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Pataky, Sophie, ''Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Eine Zusammenstellung der seit dem Jahre 1840 erschienenen Werke weiblicher Autoren, nebst Biographieen der lebenden und einem Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme. Berlin: Carl Pataky, 1898. <br><br> Pataky, Sophie, ''Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Eine Zusammenstellung der seit dem Jahre 1840 erschienenen Werke weiblicher Autoren, nebst Biographieen der lebenden und einem Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme. Berlin: Carl Pataky, 1898. <br><br>
-Pizan, Christine de, ''The Book of the City of Ladies''. Trans. Earl Jeffrey Richards. New York: Persea Books, 1982. <br><br>+[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/509 Pizan, Christine de], ''The Book of the City of Ladies''. Trans. Earl Jeffrey Richards. New York: Persea Books, 1982. <br><br>
''Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili gallereia znamenitykh Rossiianok''. Vols. 5-6. Moscow: Universitetskaia tipografiia, 1819-20. <br><br> ''Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili gallereia znamenitykh Rossiianok''. Vols. 5-6. Moscow: Universitetskaia tipografiia, 1819-20. <br><br>
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Schindel, Carl Wilhelm Otto August von, ''Die Deutschen Schriftstellerinnen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts''. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1823-25. New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1978. <br><br> Schindel, Carl Wilhelm Otto August von, ''Die Deutschen Schriftstellerinnen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts''. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1823-25. New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 1978. <br><br>
-Scudéry, Madeleine de, ''Les femmes illustres, ou les harangues héroïques''. Paris: Chez Antoine de Sommaville & Augustin Courbe, 1642. <br><br>+[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/130 Scudéry, Madeleine de], ''Les femmes illustres, ou les harangues héroïques''. Paris: Chez Antoine de Sommaville & Augustin Courbe, 1642. <br><br>
-Thicknesse, Ann, ''Sketches of the Lives and Writing of the Ladies of France''. London: Dodsley and W. Brown, 1780. <br><br>+[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/2280 Thicknesse, Ann], ''Sketches of the Lives and Writing of the Ladies of France''. London: Dodsley and W. Brown, 1780. <br><br>
Thura, Albert, ''Gynæceum Daniæ Litteratum, Feminis Danorum, Eruditione vel scriptis claris conspicuum''. Altona: Apud Jonam Kortf, 1732<br><br> Thura, Albert, ''Gynæceum Daniæ Litteratum, Feminis Danorum, Eruditione vel scriptis claris conspicuum''. Altona: Apud Jonam Kortf, 1732<br><br>
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1819-20 1819-20
-*''Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili gallereia znamenitykh Rossiianok''. <br><br>+* Anon.
 +''Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili gallereia znamenitykh Rossiianok''. <br><br>
1823-25 1823-25
-Schindel, Carl Wilhelm Otto August von. +*Schindel, Carl Wilhelm Otto August von.
''Die Deutschen Schriftstellerinnen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts''. <br><br> ''Die Deutschen Schriftstellerinnen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts''. <br><br>
1825, 1827, 1828 1825, 1827, 1828
-Dyce, Alexander. +*Dyce, Alexander.
''Specimens of British Poetesses: Selected and Chronologically Arranged''. <br><br> ''Specimens of British Poetesses: Selected and Chronologically Arranged''. <br><br>
1826 1826
-Russov, S.V. +*Russov, S.V.
''Bibliograficheskii katalog rossiiskim pisatel'nitsam''. <br><br> ''Bibliograficheskii katalog rossiiskim pisatel'nitsam''. <br><br>
1830-33 1830-33
-Makarov, M. N. +*Makarov, M. N.
"Materialy dlia istorii russkikh zhenshchin-avtorov." <br><br> "Materialy dlia istorii russkikh zhenshchin-avtorov." <br><br>
1836 1836
-Boilly, Jules and Albert de Montferrand, eds. +*Boilly, Jules and Albert de Montferrand, eds.
''Biographie des femmes auteurs contemporaines françaises''. <br><br> ''Biographie des femmes auteurs contemporaines françaises''. <br><br>
1837, 1837, 1839, 1996 1837, 1837, 1839, 1996
-Hale, Sarah Josepha, +*Hale, Sarah Josepha,
''The Ladies’ Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America: with Original Notices and Notes: Prepared Especially for Young Ladies: a Gift Book for All Seasons''. <br><br> ''The Ladies’ Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America: with Original Notices and Notes: Prepared Especially for Young Ladies: a Gift Book for All Seasons''. <br><br>
-1840s +1840s
 +* Anon.
''Galerie des dames françaises distinguées dans les lettres et les arts - ancienne monarchie; empire; restauration; époque actuelle''. <br><br> ''Galerie des dames françaises distinguées dans les lettres et les arts - ancienne monarchie; empire; restauration; époque actuelle''. <br><br>
1842, 1847, 1848, 1851 1842, 1847, 1848, 1851
-Griswold, Rufus. +*Griswold, Rufus.
''Gems from American Female Poets with Brief Biographical Notices''. <br><br> ''Gems from American Female Poets with Brief Biographical Notices''. <br><br>
1842 1842
-Ferri, Conte Pietro Leopoldo. +*Ferri, Conte Pietro Leopoldo.
''Biblioteca femminile Italiana''. <br><br> ''Biblioteca femminile Italiana''. <br><br>
1847, 1848, 1849, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1869, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1892, 1969, 1972, 1978, 2000 1847, 1848, 1849, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1869, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1892, 1969, 1972, 1978, 2000
-Griswold, Rufus. +*Griswold, Rufus.
''The Female Poets of America''. ''The Female Poets of America''.
1847 1847
-Voss, Abraham. +*Voss, Abraham.
''Deutschlands Dichterinnen. In chronologischer Folge''. <br><br> ''Deutschlands Dichterinnen. In chronologischer Folge''. <br><br>
1848, 1849, 1850, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1869, 1875, 1876, 1969, 1972, 2005 1848, 1849, 1850, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1869, 1875, 1876, 1969, 1972, 2005
-May, Caroline. +*May, Caroline.
''American Female Poets''. <br><br> ''American Female Poets''. <br><br>
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1855, 1857, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1887, 1890, 1894, 1969, 1978 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1855, 1857, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1887, 1890, 1894, 1969, 1978
-Read, Thomas Buchanan. +*Read, Thomas Buchanan.
''The Female Poets of America with portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of their writings''. <br><br> ''The Female Poets of America with portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of their writings''. <br><br>
1848, 1849, 1852?, 1854, 1856, 185?, 1874, 1883, 1981 1848, 1849, 1852?, 1854, 1856, 185?, 1874, 1883, 1981
-Rowton, Frederic. +*Rowton, Frederic.
''The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged: With Copious Selections and Critical Remarks''. ''The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged: With Copious Selections and Critical Remarks''.
1851 1851
-Hart, John S. +*Hart, John S.
''Female Prose Writers of America, with portraits, biographical notices, and specimens of their writings''. <br><br> ''Female Prose Writers of America, with portraits, biographical notices, and specimens of their writings''. <br><br>
1852, 1853, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1989, 2004 1852, 1853, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1989, 2004
-Hale, Sarah Josepha. +*Hale, Sarah Josepha.
''Woman's Record; or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "The Beginning" till A.D. 1850, arranged in Four Eras with Selections from Female Writers of Every Age'' (Illustrated by Two Hundred and Thirty Portraits). <br><br> ''Woman's Record; or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "The Beginning" till A.D. 1850, arranged in Four Eras with Selections from Female Writers of Every Age'' (Illustrated by Two Hundred and Thirty Portraits). <br><br>
1857 1857
-Golitsyn, Prince N. N. [pseudo. Nikolai Knizhnik]. +*Golitsyn, Prince N. N. [pseudo. Nikolai Knizhnik].
''Spisok russkim pisatel'nitsam 1759-1857''. <br><br> ''Spisok russkim pisatel'nitsam 1759-1857''. <br><br>
1861 1861
-Williams, Jane. +*Williams, Jane.
''The Literary Women of England, including a biographical epitome of all the most eminent to the year 1700 and sketches of the poetesses to the year 1850 with extracts from their works, and critical remarks''. <br><br> ''The Literary Women of England, including a biographical epitome of all the most eminent to the year 1700 and sketches of the poetesses to the year 1850 with extracts from their works, and critical remarks''. <br><br>
1862 1862
-Kavanagh, Julia. +*Kavanagh, Julia.
''French Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. <br><br> ''French Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. <br><br>
1863 1863
-Kavanagh, Julia. +*Kavanagh, Julia.
''English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. <br><br> ''English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches''. <br><br>
1865 1865
-Golitsyn, Prince N. N. [pseudo. Nikolai Knizhnik]. +*Golitsyn, Prince N. N. [pseudo. Nikolai Knizhnik].
"Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits". <br><br> "Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits". <br><br>
1874 1874
-Ghennady, Grégoire. +*Ghennady, Grégoire.
''Les écrivains franco-russes. Bibliographie des ouvrages français publiés par des Russes''. <br><br> ''Les écrivains franco-russes. Bibliographie des ouvrages français publiés par des Russes''. <br><br>
1880 1880
-Golitsyn, Prince N. N. +*Golitsyn, Prince N. N.
"Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits". <br><br> "Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits". <br><br>
1883 1883
-Robertson, Eric. +*Robertson, Eric.
''English Poetesses, a Series of Critical Biographies, with Illustrative Extracts''. <br><br> ''English Poetesses, a Series of Critical Biographies, with Illustrative Extracts''. <br><br>
1885 1885
-Gross, Heinrich. +*Gross, Heinrich.
''Deutsche Dichterinnen und Schriftstellerinnen in Wort und Bild''. <br><br> ''Deutsche Dichterinnen und Schriftstellerinnen in Wort und Bild''. <br><br>
1889, 1891 1889, 1891
-Golitsyn, Prince N. N. +*Golitsyn, Prince N. N.
''Bibliograficheskii slovar' russkikh pisatel'nits''. <br><br> ''Bibliograficheskii slovar' russkikh pisatel'nits''. <br><br>
1891 1891
-Ponomarev, S. I. +*Ponomarev, S. I.
"Nashi pisatel’nitsy". <br><br> "Nashi pisatel’nitsy". <br><br>
1898 1898
-Pataky, Sophie. +*Pataky, Sophie.
-''Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Eine Zusammenstellung der seit dem Jahre 1840 erchienenen Werke weiblicher Autoren, nebst Biographieën der lebenden und einem Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme''. <br><br>+''Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Eine Zusammenstellung der seit dem Jahre 1840 erchienenen Werke weiblicher Autoren, nebst Biographieën der lebenden und einem Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme''. <br><br><br>
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 +*Note that when arriving in the database ''WomenWriters'' your status will be "not logged on", meaning that your access to the database is limited. For complete access (and participation in the project), contact [mailto:suzan.van.dijk@huygensinstituut.knaw.nl Suzan van Dijk].<br><br>
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Bio-bibliographical compilations



This type of source has been and is studied in particular by Hilde Hoogenboom, who provided the following list of such compilations, as published before 1900 in several countries, presented below in alphabetical order first and then chronologically.

In some cases hyperlinks are provided toward information in records of the database WomenWriters. This will be further developed in the near future.


Alphabetical Order

Ballard, George, Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences. Oxford, 1752. Ed. Ruth Perry. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985. (see list of names)

Biographium Femineum: The Female Worthies: Or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies of all Ages and Nations, who have been Eminently distinguished for the Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and other Excellent Endowments, conspicuous in all the various Stations and Relations of Life, public and private. London: S. Crowder and J. Payne, 1766, 2 vols.

Blanchard, Pierre, Plutarque de la jeunesse, ou Abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours. Paris, Chez Le Prieur, 1803-4.

—, Neuer Plutarch, oder, Kurze Lebensbeschreibungen der berühmtesten Männer aller Nationen von den ältesten bis auf unsere Zeiten. Vienna: Im Verlage den Anton Doll, 1806-7.

Blanshard and Propiak, Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili zhizneopisaniia velikikh i slavnykh zhen vsekh natsii, drevnikh i novykh vremen. Moscow: Universitetskaia tipografiia, 1816-17, 4 vols.

Boccaccio, Giovanni. Famous Women. Ed. and Trans. Virginia Brown. The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001.

Boilly, Jules and Albert de Montferrand, eds. Biographie des femmes auteurs contemporaines françaises. Paris: Armand Aubrée, 1836.

Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, Les vies des Dames Illustres de France de son temps. Leiden: Jean Sambix le jeune, 1665.

Briquet, Fortunée B., Dictionnaire historique, littéraire et bibliographique des Françaises et des étrangères naturalisées en France, connues par leurs écrits, ou par la protection qu'elles ont accordée aux gens de lettres, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'à nos jours; dédié au premier consul par Mme Fortunée B. Briquet, de la Société des Belles Lettres, et de l'Athénée des Arts de Paris. Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1804, repr. Paris: Indigo & Côté-femmes éditions, 1997. (Online: Site SIEFAR)

Duncombe, John, The Feminiad. A Poem. London: M. Cooper, 1754. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1981.

Dyce, Alexander, Specimens of British Poetesses: Selected and Chronologically Arranged. London: T. Rodd, 1825, 1827, 1828.

Ferri, Conte Pietro Leopoldo, Bibliteca femminile Italiana. Padua: Tipografia Crescini, 1842.

Galerie des dames françaises distinguées dans les lettres et les arts - ancienne monarchie; empire; restauration; époque actuelle. Paris: Dussillon, 1840s.

Genlis, Madame de, De l'influence des femmes sur la littérature française, comme protectrices des lettres et comme auteurs; ou précis de l'histoire des femmes françaises les plus célèbres. Paris: Maradan, 1811.

Ghennady, Grégoire, Les écrivains franco-russes. Bibliographie des ouvrages français publiés par des Russes. Dresden: E. Blockmann et fils, 1874.

Golitsyn, Prince N. N., Bibliograficheskii slovar' russkikh pisatel'nits. St. Petersburg: Tipografia V. S. Balasheva, 1889, 1891; Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1974.

— [pseud. Nikolai Knizhnik], "Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits", Russkii arkhiv. 9, 10-11 (1865): 1139-1232.

—, "Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits", Varshavskii dnevnik, 1880.

— [pseud. Nikolai Knizhnik], "Spisok russkim pisatel'nitsam 1759-1857", Molva No. 28-30, 32, 34, 35 (1857).

Grech, Nikolai, Opyt kratkoi istorii ruskoi literatury. St. Petersburg: Tipografiia N. Grecha, 1822.

Griswold, Rufus W, The Female Poets of America. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1848.

—, Gems from American Female Poets with Brief Biographical Notices. Philadelphia: H. Hooker, 1842.

Gross, Heinrich, Deutsche Dichterinen und Schriftstellerinen in Wort und Bild. Berlin: Fr. Thiel, 1885, 3 vols.

Hale, Sarah Josepha, The Ladies’ Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America: with Original Notices and Notes: Prepared Especially for Young Ladies: a Gift Book for All Seasons. Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon; New York: D. Appleton, 1837.

—, Woman's Record; or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "The Beginning" till A.D. 1850, arranged in Four Eras with Selections from Female Writers of Every Age (Illustrated by Two Hundred and Thirty Portraits). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853.

Hart, John S, Female Prose Writers of America, with portraits, biographical notices, and specimens of their writings. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1851.

Kavanagh, Julia, French Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862, 2 vols.

—, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863, 2 vols.

Keralio, Louise de, Collection des meilleurs ouvrages françois, composés par des femmes, dédiée aux femmes françoises. Paris: Lagrange, 1786-88, vol. 1-4, 9-14; Paris: Claude-François Marande, 1789, vol. 5-6.

La Croix, Jean-François de, Dictionnaire historique portatif des femmes célèbres. Paris: L. Cellot, 1769, 3 vols.

La Porte, Joseph, Histoire littéraire des femmes françoises: ou, Lettres historiques et critiques, contenant un précis de la vie et une analyse raisonnée des ouvrage des femmes qui se sont distinguées dans la littérature françoise, par une société de gens de lettres. Paris: Chez Lacombe, 1769, 5 vols.

Lehms, Georg Christian, Teutschlands galante Poetinnen Mit Ihnen sinnreichen und netten Proben; Nebst einem Anhang Ausländer Dames, so sich gleichfalls durch Schöne Poesien Bey der curieusen Welt bekannt gemacht, und einer Vorrede. Dass das Weibliche Geschlecht so geschickt zum Studieren als das Männliche. Frankfurt am Main: Anton Heinscheidt, 1714-15.

Makarov, M. N, "Materialy dlia istorii russkikh zhenshchin-avtorov", Damskii zhurnal 29.1 (1830): 1-5, 29.2 (1830): 17-23, 29.3 (1830): 33-5, 29.7 (1830): 97-102, 29.10 (1830): 145-51, 29.13 (1830): 193-8, 30.15 (1830): 17-20, 30.16 (1830): 33-9, 30.17 (1830): 49-58, 30.18 (1830): 65-76, 30.19 (1830): 81-3, 30.21 (1830): 113-21, 30.25 (1830): 177-85, 31.27 (1830): 1-8, 31.29 (1830): 33-44, 31.30 (1830): 49-55, 31.39 (1830): 193-201, 32.51-52 (1830): 113-20, 35.37 (1831): 161-66, 44.51-2 (1833): 145-50.

May, Caroline, American Female Poets. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1848.

Mez’er, A. V, "Dlia bibliografii zhenshchin-pisatel’nits", in Russkaia slovesnost’ s XI po XIX stoletiia vkliuchitel’no. Bibliograficheskii ukazatel’ proizvedenii russkoi slovesnosti v sviazi s istoriei literatury i kritiki. St. Petersburg: Tipografia A. Porokhovshchikova, 1899.

Novikov, Nikolai, Opyt istoricheskogo slovaria o rossiiskikh pisateliakh, iz raznykh pechatnykh i rukopisnykh knig, soobshcchennykh izvestii i slovesnykh predanii. St. Petersburg: Tip. Akademii nauk, 1772. Reprint, Moscow: Kniga, 1987.

Pataky, Sophie, Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Eine Zusammenstellung der seit dem Jahre 1840 erschienenen Werke weiblicher Autoren, nebst Biographieen der lebenden und einem Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme. Berlin: Carl Pataky, 1898.

Pizan, Christine de, The Book of the City of Ladies. Trans. Earl Jeffrey Richards. New York: Persea Books, 1982.

Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili gallereia znamenitykh Rossiianok. Vols. 5-6. Moscow: Universitetskaia tipografiia, 1819-20.

Ponomarev, S. I, "Nashi pisatel'nitsy", Sbornik otdelenii russkogo iazyka i slovesnosti. 52.7 (St. Petersburg: tipografia Imperatorskoi akademiii nauk, 1891); Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1974. 1-22.

Propiac, Catherine-Joseph-Ferdinand Girard de, Le Plutarque des jeunes demoiselles, ou Abrégé des vies des femmes illustres de tous les pays, avec des leçons explicatives de leurs actions et de leurs ouvrages. Paris: Gérard, 1806, 2 vols.

Read, Thomas Buchanan, The Female Poets of America with Portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of their Writings. 6 ed. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1855.

Robertson, Eric, English Poetesses, a Series of Critical Biographies, with Illustrative Extracts. London, Paris, New York: Cassell, 1883.

Rowton, Frederic, The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged: With Copious Selections and Critical Remarks. 2 ed. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1853; Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1981.

Russov, S. V., Bibliograficheskii katalog rossiiskim pisatel’nitsam. St. Petersburg: Tipografiia Meditsinskogo departamenta Ministerstva vnutrennikh del, 1826.

Sauvigny, Billardon de, Le Parnasse des Dames. Paris: Ruault, 1773, 9 vols.

Schacht, Matthias Henriksen, "Schediasma, exhibens Specimen de Eruditis Mulieribus Daniæ", Nova Literaria Maris Balthici & Septentrionis. Lübeck, 1700. 209-19.

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Williams, Jane, The Literary Women of England, including a biographical epitome of all the most eminent to the year 1700 and sketches of the poetesses to the year 1850 with extracts from their works, and critical remarks. London: Saunders, Otley, 1861.



Chronological Order

1375

  • Boccaccio, Giovanni.

De mulieribus claris.

1405

  • Christine de Pizan.

Le Livre de la cité des dames.

1642

  • Scudéry, Madeleine de.

Les femmes illustres, ou les harangues héroïques.

1665

  • Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de.

Les vies des Dames Illustres de France de son temps.

1700

  • Schacht, Matthias Henriksen.

"Schediasma, exhibens Specimen de Eruditis Mulieribus Daniæ".

1714-15

  • Lehms, Georg Christian.

Teutschlands galante Poetinnen Mit Ihren sinnreichen und netten Proben; Nebst einem Anhang Ausländer Damen, so sich gleichfalls durch Schöne Poesien Bey der curieusen Welt bekannt gemacht, und einer Vorrede. Dass das Weibliche Geschlecht so geschickt zum Studieren als das Männliche.

1732

  • Thura, Albert.

Gynæceum Daniæ Litteratum, Feminis Danorum, Eruditione vel scriptis claris conspicuum.

1752

  • Ballard, George.

Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writings or Skill in the Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences.

1754

  • Duncombe, John.

The Feminiad: or, Female Genius.

1766

  • Anon.

Biographium Femineum: The Female Worthies: Or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies of all Ages and Nations, who have been Eminently distinguished for the Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and other Excellent Endowments, conspicious in all the various Stations and Relations of Life, public and private.

1769

  • La Porte, Joseph.

Histoire littéraire des femmes françoises: ou, Lettres historiques et critiques, contenant un précis de la vie et une analyse raisonnée des ouvrage des femmes qui se sont distinguées dans la littérature françoise, par une société de gens de lettres.

1769

  • Lacroix , Jean François de.

Dictionnaire historique portatif des femmes célèbres.

1773

  • Sauvigny, Billardon de.

Le Parnasse des Dames.

1780

  • Thicknesse, Ann.

Sketches of the Lives and Writing of the Ladies of France.

1786-89

  • Keralio, Louise de.

Collection des meilleurs ouvrages françois, composés par des femmes, dédiée aux femmes françoises.

1803-4

  • Blanchard, Pierre.

Plutarque de la jeunesse, ou Abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours.

1804

  • Briquet, Fortunée B.

Dictionnaire historique, littéraire et bibliographique des françaises et des étrangères naturalisées en France, connues par leurs écrits, ou par la protection qu'elles ont accordée aux gens de lettres, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'à nos jours; dédié au premier consul par Mme Fortunée B. Briquet, de la société des belles lettres, et de l'Athenée des Arts de Paris.

1806

  • Propiac, Catherine-Joseph-Ferdinand Girard de.

Le Plutarque des jeunes demoiselles, ou Abrégé des vies des femmes illustres de tous les pays, avec des leçons explicatives de leurs actions et de leurs ouvrages.

1806-7

  • Blanchard, Pierre.

Neuer Plutarch, oder, Kurze Lebensbeschreibungen der berühmtesten Männer aller Nationen von den ältesten bis auf unsere Zeiten.

1811

  • Genlis, Stéphanie de.

De l'influence des femmes sur la littérature française, comme protectrices des lettres et comme auteurs; ou précis de l'histoire des femmes françaises les plus célèbres.

1816-17

  • Blanshard and Propiak,

Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili zhizneopisaniia velikikh i slavnykh zhen vsekh natsii, drevnikh i novykh vremen.

1819-20

  • Anon.

Plutarkh dlia prekrasnogo pola, ili gallereia znamenitykh Rossiianok.

1823-25

  • Schindel, Carl Wilhelm Otto August von.

Die Deutschen Schriftstellerinnen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts.

1825, 1827, 1828

  • Dyce, Alexander.

Specimens of British Poetesses: Selected and Chronologically Arranged.

1826

  • Russov, S.V.

Bibliograficheskii katalog rossiiskim pisatel'nitsam.

1830-33

  • Makarov, M. N.

"Materialy dlia istorii russkikh zhenshchin-avtorov."

1836

  • Boilly, Jules and Albert de Montferrand, eds.

Biographie des femmes auteurs contemporaines françaises.

1837, 1837, 1839, 1996

  • Hale, Sarah Josepha,

The Ladies’ Wreath: A Selection from the Female Poetic Writers of England and America: with Original Notices and Notes: Prepared Especially for Young Ladies: a Gift Book for All Seasons.

1840s

  • Anon.

Galerie des dames françaises distinguées dans les lettres et les arts - ancienne monarchie; empire; restauration; époque actuelle.

1842, 1847, 1848, 1851

  • Griswold, Rufus.

Gems from American Female Poets with Brief Biographical Notices.

1842

  • Ferri, Conte Pietro Leopoldo.

Biblioteca femminile Italiana.

1847, 1848, 1849, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1869, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1892, 1969, 1972, 1978, 2000

  • Griswold, Rufus.

The Female Poets of America.

1847

  • Voss, Abraham.

Deutschlands Dichterinnen. In chronologischer Folge.

1848, 1849, 1850, 1853, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1865, 1869, 1875, 1876, 1969, 1972, 2005

  • May, Caroline.

American Female Poets.

1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1855, 1857, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1887, 1890, 1894, 1969, 1978

  • Read, Thomas Buchanan.

The Female Poets of America with portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of their writings.

1848, 1849, 1852?, 1854, 1856, 185?, 1874, 1883, 1981

  • Rowton, Frederic.

The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged: With Copious Selections and Critical Remarks.

1851

  • Hart, John S.

Female Prose Writers of America, with portraits, biographical notices, and specimens of their writings.

1852, 1853, 1855, 1860, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1989, 2004

  • Hale, Sarah Josepha.

Woman's Record; or, Sketches of all Distinguished Women from "The Beginning" till A.D. 1850, arranged in Four Eras with Selections from Female Writers of Every Age (Illustrated by Two Hundred and Thirty Portraits).

1857

  • Golitsyn, Prince N. N. [pseudo. Nikolai Knizhnik].

Spisok russkim pisatel'nitsam 1759-1857.

1861

  • Williams, Jane.

The Literary Women of England, including a biographical epitome of all the most eminent to the year 1700 and sketches of the poetesses to the year 1850 with extracts from their works, and critical remarks.

1862

  • Kavanagh, Julia.

French Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches.

1863

  • Kavanagh, Julia.

English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches.

1865

  • Golitsyn, Prince N. N. [pseudo. Nikolai Knizhnik].

"Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits".

1874

  • Ghennady, Grégoire.

Les écrivains franco-russes. Bibliographie des ouvrages français publiés par des Russes.

1880

  • Golitsyn, Prince N. N.

"Slovar’ russkikh pisatel’nits".

1883

  • Robertson, Eric.

English Poetesses, a Series of Critical Biographies, with Illustrative Extracts.

1885

  • Gross, Heinrich.

Deutsche Dichterinnen und Schriftstellerinnen in Wort und Bild.

1889, 1891

  • Golitsyn, Prince N. N.

Bibliograficheskii slovar' russkikh pisatel'nits.

1891

  • Ponomarev, S. I.

"Nashi pisatel’nitsy".

1898

  • Pataky, Sophie.

Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Eine Zusammenstellung der seit dem Jahre 1840 erchienenen Werke weiblicher Autoren, nebst Biographieën der lebenden und einem Verzeichnis der Pseudonyme.


Hilde Hoogenboom, May 2010



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