[Gutenberg 1045] • Venus and Adonis
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- Authors
- Shakespeare, William
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Tags
- romance , classics , adonis (greek deity) -- poetry , venus (roman deity) -- poetry , poetry
- ISBN
- 9781979057783
- Date
- 1592-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.05 MB
- Lang
- en
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought by some to be the beautiful youth to which many of the Sonnets are addressed). The poem recounts Venus' attempts to woo Adonis, their passionate coupling, and Adonis' rejection of the goddess, to which she responds with jealousy, with tragic results.