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Venus and Adonis
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- Author
- William Shakespeare
- First published
- 1593
- Editions
- 98
- Subjects
- Poetry, Adonis (Greek deity), Venus (Roman deity), Translations into English, Sources, Metamorphosis, Latin Fables, Classical Mythology
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Wikidata facts
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- #1045
- Instance of
- literary work
- Named after
- Adonis
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Genre
- narrative poetry
- Image
- Venus and Adonis quarto.jpg
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- publication date
- 1593-00-00
- inception
- 1592-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- first line
- Even as the sunne with purple-colourd face,
- last line
- Meanes to immure her selfe, and not beseen.
- title
- Venvs and Adonis
- characters
- Adonis
- translator
- Jaroslav Vrchlický
- copyright status
- public domain
- Commons category
- Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)
- different from
- Venus and Adonis
- form of creative work
- poem
- work available at URL
- www.projekt-gutenberg.org/shakespr/venusado/venusado.html
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Encyclopedic overview
Title page of the first quarto (1593)
Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is considered likely to be Shakespeare's first publication.
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