TY - BOOK ID - 339931 TI - Shakespeare's poems : Venus and Adonis, The rape of Lucrece and the shorter poems AU - Shakespeare, William AU - Duncan-Jones, Katherine AU - Woudenhuysen, H. R. PY - 2007 SN - 9781903436875 9781903436868 1903436869 1903436877 PB - London : Arden Shakespeare, DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - Venus (Roman deity) KW - Adonis (Greek deity) KW - Love poetry, English KW - Sonnets, English KW - Poetry KW - Lucretia KW - Venus (Roman deity) - Poetry KW - Adonis (Greek deity) - Poetry KW - Lucretia - Poetry KW - Shakespeare, william (1564-1616). the rape of lucrece KW - Shakespeare, william (1564-1616). venus and adonis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:339931 AB - In 1593 Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his comic, erotic, tragic poem Venus and Adonis were on everyone's lips.The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and richly descriptive Rape of Lucrece confirmed his fame as 'Sweet Master Shakespeare', Elizabethan England's most brilliant non-dramatic poet. Shorter poems in this volume testify further to Shakespeare's versatility and to his poetic fame. Some, like the much-debated 'Phoenix and Turtle', pose problems of meaning; others raise questions about authorship and authenticity. Detailed annotation and a full Introduction seek to resolve such difficulties while also locating Shakespeare's poems in their literary context, which includes his own career as a playwright. ER -