Her funeral sermon, preached by Adam Littleton
, was published. An elegy by a Chelsea man named Thomas Lawrence
, which remained unpublished, includes interesting comment on her writings.
Smith, Emily. “The Local Popularity of The Concealed Fansyes”. Notes and Queries, No. 2, pp. 189 - 93.
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Literary responses
Lady Jane Cavendish
Thomas Lawrence
, in his elegy, aspires to inherit LJC
's poetic gift, by seizing her discarded mantle (as Elisha in the Bible did the prophet's mantle of Elijah). In view of recent critical debate...
