Den danske Spectator

Danish language weekly literary review in Copenhagen (1744–1745)

Den danske Spectator (Danish: The Danish Spectator) was one of the earliest magazines published in Danish language. It existed between 1744 and 1745 and was established by Jørgen Riis.[1][2] The headquarters of the weekly magazine was in Copenhagen.[2] It was a literary review,[3] but it frequently contained writings on censorship, freedom of speech and motivations to write.[2]

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1. ^ Sven H. Rossel (Autumn 1977). "The Medieval Ballad in Danish Literature until 1800". Scandinavian Studies. 49 (4): 424. JSTOR 40917738.
2. ^ a b c Ellen Krefting (2015). "The Urge to Write: Spectator Journalists Negotiating Freedom of the Press in Denmark-Norway". In Ellen Krefting; et al. (eds.). Eighteenth-Century Periodicals as Agents of Change: Perspectives on Northern Enlightenment. Vol. 33\. Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill. pp. 156, 162. ISBN 978-90-04-29311-3.
3. ^ Aina Nøding (2014). "Periodical Fiction in Denmark and Norway before 1900". In Paula Rabinowitz (ed.). Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.293. ISBN 978-0-19-020109-8.

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