004 Chaste-Boi and Cougar-Lady: Venus and Adonis

Please forgive Michael's audio.... Something was wrong with the mic setup

 

Struggling for cash during a plague, Shakespeare whipped up this risque mythological mini-epic. Venus and Adonis tells the relatable tale of a strapping young man hounded by the Lust God.

 

How does Shakespeare expand a five page story from Ovid's Metamorphoses into a 100 page poem? Tune in the find out!

 

Sources

The Life of the Author, William Shakespeare by Anna Beer (John Wiley & Sons)

The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems (Oxford University Press)

Ovid's Metamorphoses, trans. Charles Martin (Norton)

 

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