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Author
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Date published
1992
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Publisher
London : Routledge, 1992.
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Subject
English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
English literature Women authors History and criticism
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Accession number
8342267
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Class
93.0241/KRO
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Language
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Physical description
x, 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Oppositional Voices is a study of six women writers in the late Elizabethan period, who, ignoring Renaissance society's injunction that women should confine themselves to religious compositions, wrote and translated poetry, drama and romantic fiction. Tina Krontiris brings together their work, including at times their voiced opposition to certain oppressive ideas and stereotypes. Rather than simply glorify these voices, her study subtly probes the influence of a culture inimical to female creative activity on the writings of these women.