Den danske Spectator explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Sven H. Rossel. The Medieval Ballad in Danish Literature until 1800. Scandinavian Studies. Autumn 1977. 49. 4. 424. 40917738.
  2. Book: Ellen Krefting. 33. et. al.. Ellen Krefting. Eighteenth-Century Periodicals as Agents of Change: Perspectives on Northern Enlightenment. https://books.google.com/books?id=YZj8CQAAQBAJ&pg=P156. 156, 162. Leiden; Boston, MA. The Urge to Write: Spectator Journalists Negotiating Freedom of the Press in Denmark-Norway. Brill. 2015. 978-90-04-29311-3.
  3. Book: Aina Nøding. Paula Rabinowitz. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. 2014. Oxford University Press. Oxford; New York. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.293. Periodical Fiction in Denmark and Norway before 1900. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.293. 978-0-19-020109-8.