John Updike: Gertrude and Claudius
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- Materiaali: Nidottu
- Kustantaja: Random House Trade
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9780449006979
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Gertrude and Claudius are the 'villains' of 'Hamlet: ' he the killer of Hamlet's father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband's body is cold. But in this imaginative 'prequel' to the play, John Updike makes a case for the royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and family dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, erratic, disaffected prince. 'I hoped to keep the texture light, ' Updike said of this novel, 'to move from the mists of Scandinavian legend into the daylight atmosphere of the Globe. I sought to narrate the romance that preceded the tragedy. '