Spectateurs (Moralische Wochenschriften)

The Spectateurs (Moralische Wochenschriften) project is collecting eighteenth century periodical essays from the Enlightenment period from different European countries in an effort to build a comprehensive database of this literary genre. The unique selling proposition of the corpus is its multilingualism, in that users can explore the genre across borders and compare the national socio-cultural movements of the time. The project offers exciting interdisciplinary research opportunities but more should be done to facilitate the reuse of the collection, starting from better documentation and an efficient download system