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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.”
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Gertrude and Claudius, John Updike
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2001
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- John Updike
- Éditeur
- Ballantine Books
- Publié
- 2001
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 212
- ISBN10
- 0449006972
- ISBN13
- 9780449006979
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Classiques, Mythes & Légendes, Littérature américaine, Histoires, Moyen Âge, Roman social, Mères, Danemark, Rois, Reines, Classicisme
- Première publication
- 2000
- Titre original
- Gertrude and Claudius
- Évaluation
- 3,55 sur 5
- Description
- 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.”