In her prefatory essay ML
expresses little enthusiasm for the life of an author. She sees writing for bread as an extreme of slavery,
Latter, Mary. The Siege of Jerusalem, by Titus Vespasian. C. Bathurst.
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especially for a woman, and says she would much rather...
Literary responses
Mary Latter
John Stede
, the Covent Garden Theatre
prompter, in his judgement later printed by the indignant author, said the play was of a preposterous Length, with many over-long speeches. It was a mere collection of...
