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Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin de (1682 - 1749)

Last edited by Helwi_Blom on Dec. 5, 2024, 4:06 p.m.
Short name Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin de
VIAF https://viaf.org/viaf/7400920
First name Claudine-Alexandrine-Sophie
Birth name de Tencin
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Alternative name Madame L.M.D.T. — Baronne de Saint-Martin de l’isle de Ré
Date of birth 1682
Date of death 1749
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Sex Female
Place of birth Grenoble
Place of death Paris
Lived in France
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Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin de was ...
related to Jean le Rond d'Alembert
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Place(s) of Residence France
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receptions circulations
Mémoires du Comte de Comminges (1735) 10 0
Le Siège de Calais, nouvelle historique (1739) 19 0
Les malheurs de l'amour (1747) 3 0
Anecdotes de la cour et du règne d'Edouard II, roi d'Angleterre (1776) 1 0

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Circulations of Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin de, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Tencin, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin de, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Hollands Roem Hendrik Collot d'Escury 1824 comments on person
De l'Influence des femmes Mongellaz, Fanny 1828 is biography of
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
Victor Cassien, portrait of Mme de Tencin, 17XX. None is portrait of

Mentioned in:
- La Porte 1769 (see hyperlink for list)
- Boudier de Villemert
- Briquet 1804
- Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886
- Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921
- Mornet, Introduction Nouvelle Héloïse, 1925
- Coulet, Le Roman jusqu'à la Révolution, p.378-386
- Mitterand, Littérature XVIIIe 1987 (p. 48, 162, 202)
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Historians have consistently emphasized Tencin's scandalous reputation".
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 576, 618.