Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 28Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... Venus ' presentation have been stud- ied from mainly two angles . Sometimes she has been looked at as if a character in a play - appropriate enough given that her creator was a ... Venus Reconsidered: The Goddess of Love in Venus Adonis"
... Venus ' presentation have been stud- ied from mainly two angles . Sometimes she has been looked at as if a character in a play - appropriate enough given that her creator was a ... Venus Reconsidered: The Goddess of Love in Venus Adonis"
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... Venus fails as a rhetorician of love . Her language and tactics of seduction are problem- atic because some of their main images for praising Ado- nis ' exceptional beauty also highlight its transience and ( or ) vulnerability ...
... Venus fails as a rhetorician of love . Her language and tactics of seduction are problem- atic because some of their main images for praising Ado- nis ' exceptional beauty also highlight its transience and ( or ) vulnerability ...
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... Venus in rela- tion to conventional representations of the goddess still remain to be examined , for example , the link between her and Venus Meretrix ( Venus the Prostitute ; see lines 511- 522 ) , there is space for study of only one ...
... Venus in rela- tion to conventional representations of the goddess still remain to be examined , for example , the link between her and Venus Meretrix ( Venus the Prostitute ; see lines 511- 522 ) , there is space for study of only one ...
Contents
Texts and Revels in Twelfth Night | 13 |
Lynda E Boose The Taming of the Shrew Good Husbandry and Enclosure | 21 |
Juliet Dusinberre As Who Liked It? | 31 |
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