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FRN340: Social Networking in Early Modern France: Starting Your Research

Fall 2018, H. Visentin

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ARTFL, American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language
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CAIRN 2001+
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) [Gale] 1701-1800
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MLA International Bibliography [EBSCO] 1919+
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Women Writers Online
Full text of women's writing in English from the 16th through 19th centuries. With coverage of drama, fiction and non-fiction, and verse, provides an unparalleled view of women’s literate culture in the early modern period.

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