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'CRIMSON LIVERIES' AND 'THEIR VERDOUR': VENUS AND ADONIS, 505-8.

Authors :
Mortimer, Anthony
Source :
Notes & Queries. Sep2001, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p274. 2p.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

Discusses the imagery of William Shakespeare's poem 'Venus and Adonis.' Editors' belief that the poem was written during an outbreak of the plague in 1592; Relevance of the imagery that Venus uses to celebrate the lips of Adonis that she has just kissed for the first time; Inconsistency between the words 'crimson' and 'verdour.'

Subjects

Subjects :
*FIGURES of speech in literature
*EARLY modern English poetry

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00293970
Volume :
48
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Notes & Queries
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9612244
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/48-3-274
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