Jane Lead (pronounced Leed or Leeds by contemporaries) and sometimes written with a final ‘e’ (especially in printed German translations of her works) was among the most prolific published female authors of the long eighteenth century. More than a dozen different printed titles bearing Lead’s name, with one consisting of multiple volumes, were originally issued in English between 1681 and 1702. Her final work ‘
Very insightful and interesting. I miss women making history, so thanks. By the way, I empathize with her suposed lamentable example of bad English’ and ‘confusion of thought’, amounting to nothing more than a ‘wonderful concatenation of folly’ and ‘strange farrago of nonsense.
Very insightful and interesting. I miss women making history, so thanks. By the way, I empathize with her suposed lamentable example of bad English’ and ‘confusion of thought’, amounting to nothing more than a ‘wonderful concatenation of folly’ and ‘strange farrago of nonsense.
Thanks Rafa. Very much appreciated!