Venus and Adonis

For the story of Shakespeare’s first published work:

Venus and Adonis : the Birth of Shakespeare

Ovid: the Soul of Shakespeare

The Elizabethan Adonis, Sir Philip Sidney

Henry Wriothesley and Clapham’s Narcissus

Shakespeare’s Patron, Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke

John Florio, Thomas Nashe and the Battle over the Legacy of Philip Sidney

I have also posted three essays which explore the language and themes in the text of Venus and Adonis itself:

Venus and Adonis: Shakespeare’s Purple Poem

Venus and Adonis: More white, and red than doves or roses

Venus and Adonis: The Equinoctial Boar and the Easter Flower