Venus and Adonis, Lucrece and the Minor Poems (The Yale Shakespeare)
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At once comic, tragic and erotic, "Venus & Adonis" (1593) is a poem by William Shakespeare based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Through a series of expressive ink washes, Marlene Dumas paints... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300009313
ISBN13:9780300009316
Release Date:January 1927
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:198 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
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Such Sweet Sorrow: The Literary Legacy of Star-Crossed Lovers
Published by Ashly Moore Sheldon • January 29, 2021
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