FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Tragedies
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Historical Plays
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Narrative Poems
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Comedies
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Detailed explanation-1: -With Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare in 1593 launches his career as a poet. The poem is a minor epic, a genre chosen by a large number of poets in the 1590s for their first efforts, each attempt at the genre self-consciously imitating the others.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s Narrative Poems Shakespeare published two long poems, among his earliest successes: Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece in 1594. These poems were dedicated to his patron the Earl of Southampton. Venus and Adonis was Shakespeare’s first-published work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Venus and Adonis also explores themes such as the close connection between love and pain, the powerful effects of passion and the relationship between the immortal and mortal, human and mythology.
Detailed explanation-4: -Venus & Adonis This little-known gem was Shakespeare’s first bestseller, weaving together comedy, tragedy and beautiful poetry to tell the raunchy story of Venus and her obsession with handsome Adonis.