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

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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) Comments and questions can be sent to [email protected]

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Venus and Adonis tells the relatable tale of a strapping young man hounded by the Lust God.

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