"Shakespeare's Deflation of the Superman" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc451/ Author: Drahos, Jonathan. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Shakespeare Institute Review 2 (2013): 30–36. (http://www.shakesreview.com) Annotation: Explores how Shakespeare deflates the early modern "super-masculine" through poetry, arguing that "through imaginative ekphrasis in Venis and Adonis, Shakespeare seems able to transgress the homosocial completely." Language: English Keywords: homosociality; ekphrasis Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Venus and Adonis WSB Update: Fall 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc451