{"id":"01KG8B0SX3GZK4YMMVNWP319N4","cid":"bafkreie2eramrntglvf5qkno2v3eeqsca47w6bhyhj2qva63x6fbc2swzy","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreic5nccjlum6ndexu4fug2k4nmh7vab7u5x4c6unee6pjy3qgumime","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0021.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521464-3oa54vby3pu","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0021.jpg","page_number":21,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":545640,"text":"VENUS AND\nADONIS\nj^\nworked\nup\nsome\nvitalizing\nconceptions\nwhich\nwere\nderived\nfrom\nthe\nItalian\npoets.\nLong\nbefore\nhe\nwrote,\nforeign\nwriters\nhad\nelaborated\nthe\nsimple\nclassic\nmyth\nin narrative\nverse\nwhich\nclosely\nanticipated his\nown\nin\nshape\nand\nsentiment.\nMost\nof the\nvaried\ninfluences\nwhich\nmoulded\nShake-\nspeare's poetic\ngenius,\nindeed,\nfind\na\nfirst\nreflection in\nVenus\nand\nAdonis,\nIn\nit,\nrecent\nimpressions of\nthe\ncountry\nlife\nof\nWarwickshire\nseem\nto\nbe\nfused,\nnot\nmerely with\nschoolboy\ndevotion to\nOvid\nand\nyouthful enthusiasm\nfor the new\nbirth\nof English\npoetry,\nbut with genuine\nappreciation\nof the\ntaste\nand\nfeeling\nwhich\nthe\nRenaissance\nhad\ngenerated\nin\nall\ncultivated\nminds\nof\nWestern\nEurope. On\nfoundations\nofFered\nby\nthe\nnovels\nof\nItaly\nand\nFrance—\nsome\nof\nthe\nmost\ncharacteristic fruit\nof\nRenaissance\nliterature-\nShakespeare\nat\nthe\nheight\nof\nhis\npowers\nreared\nmany\nof\nhis\nbest-known\nplays. The\nsame\nelements\nof literary\nsustenance,\nthe\nsame\nforce\nof\nliterary\nsympathy, which\nfed the\nstream'\nof Shakespeare's genius\nin\nits\nmaturity, seem,\nin\nthe eye ofthe careful student,\nto\ncourse\nin\nembryo\nthrough\nVenus\nana\nAdonis^\n<\nthe\nfirst\nheir\n'\nof\nhis\ninvention.\nII\nCritics of Venus and Adonis hardly seem conscious\nof\nthe\nDistribution\nfact that\nthe\nstory\nof\nVenus\nand\nAdonis engaged\nthe\nattention\n°^'^*'\n\"°^-\nof poets in\nItaly,\nFrance, and\nSpain,\nas\nwell\nas\nof\nEngland,\nboth\nbefore\nand\nafter\nShakespeare approached\nthe\ntheme.'\nThe\nextent\nto\nwhich Shakespeare was acquainted with\nthe\npreceding foreign\nefforts\nmay\nbe\ndifl5cult to\nappraise, but that\n^\nJ. P. Collier strangely wrote o{\nVenus and\nAdomssiyily\nyears ago :\n<■\nIt\nwas\nnotHn'^'Tr\n•!'\nt'^ri ^'^\"^ ^\"^^'^\n°°\n\"° \"^°^^1\neither\nancient\nor\nmodern\n;\nw^^p^uceVlft'^^^^^^^^^^ ^\"^\"^^^^^\n^^^^^^' ^\"^ \"°^^-^^\n--P-^^e\nto\nit'","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.464Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.275Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:24.771Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}