Gay, Sophie (1776 - 1852)
| Short name | Gay, Sophie |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/27059297/ |
| First name | Sophie |
| Birth name | Gay |
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| Date of birth | 1776 |
| Date of death | 1852 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Paris |
| Place of death | Paris |
| Lived in | France |
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| Father | |
| Children | Gay, Delphine |
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| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Gay, Sophie was ...
| related to | Gay, Delphine |
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| Place(s) of Residence | France |
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| Editor of | - |
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| Illustrator of | - |
| Translator of | - |
Receptions of Gay, Sophie, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
| *Mention in Euphrosyne | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1832 | comments on person |
| *Art. in Vaderlandse Letteroefeningen | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1837 | None |
| *Art. in het Leeskabinet | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1838 | None |
| *Mention in Art. in de Gids | Unknown journalist (to be identified) | 1839 | None |
| *Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France | Henri Carton | 1886 | is biography of |
| *Mention in Femmes de France | Paul Jacquinet | 1886 | is biography of |
| Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Marie Françoise Sophie Nichault de la Valette, épouse Gay, circa 1801, Collections du Louvre, Paris | None | is portrait of |
MENTIONED IN:
- Briquet 1804
- Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886
- Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921
- Makward/Cottenet-Hage
- Buck, Guide to women's writing, 1992: "Published her first novel without initially acknowledging authorship".
- Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, IV, 66 et 67(Jose Luis Diaz, "Sainte-Beuve chez les Muses", in Romantisme no 77, 1992, p.78 et p. 79 n.9)
Cf.
- Chantal Bertrand-Jennings, Un autre mal du siècle. Le romantisme des romancières, 1800-1846. Toulouse 2005.
MENTIONED IN:
- Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.99: rearticulating feminist claims