A French Parnassus for the Danes: Knowledge, gossip, and eroticism in La Beaumelle’s handwritten gazettes in Copenhagen

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A French Parnassus for the Danes : Knowledge, gossip, and eroticism in La Beaumelle’s handwritten gazettes in Copenhagen. / Jeanneret, Christine.

In: 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2023, 2023, p. 34-54.

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Harvard

Jeanneret, C 2023, 'A French Parnassus for the Danes: Knowledge, gossip, and eroticism in La Beaumelle’s handwritten gazettes in Copenhagen', 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 20, no. 2023, pp. 34-54. https://doi.org/10.7557/4.7204

APA

Jeanneret, C. (2023). A French Parnassus for the Danes: Knowledge, gossip, and eroticism in La Beaumelle’s handwritten gazettes in Copenhagen. 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 20(2023), 34-54. https://doi.org/10.7557/4.7204

Vancouver

Jeanneret C. A French Parnassus for the Danes: Knowledge, gossip, and eroticism in La Beaumelle’s handwritten gazettes in Copenhagen. 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2023;20(2023):34-54. https://doi.org/10.7557/4.7204

Author

Jeanneret, Christine. / A French Parnassus for the Danes : Knowledge, gossip, and eroticism in La Beaumelle’s handwritten gazettes in Copenhagen. In: 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2023 ; Vol. 20, No. 2023. pp. 34-54.

Bibtex

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