"And died to kiss his shadow": The narcissistic gaze in Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis

Forum for Modern Language Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-26

  Langley, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adonis; Epyllion; Eyebeam; Love; Narcissus; Ovid; Plato; Shakespeare; Venus; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049128350     PISSN: 00158518     EISSN: 14716860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fmls/cqm124     Document Type: Article

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