"Ocular Power and Female Fascinum in Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbp157/
Author:
	Mahadin, Tamara.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Shakespeare Survey 77 (2024): 169–79.
Annotation:
	Identifies Venus's gaze as fascinum, "the mental projection of one's thoughts, desires and imagination onto something or someone," in this case, Adonis. Suggests that "Venus's ocular power...disrupts the gender dynamics, ultimately causing Adonis psychological distress and leading to his tragic demise." English summary, 347.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Venus and Adonis
WSB Update:
	Spring 2026
WSB Record Number:
	bbbp157