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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."
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."
Empfohlen (bis): | 18 |
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Empfohlen (von): | 14 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2001 |
Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780449006979 |
ISBN-10: | 0449006972 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Updike, John |
Hersteller: | Random House Publishing Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 210 x 140 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | John Updike |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.07.2001 |
Gewicht: | 0,316 kg |
Empfohlen (bis): | 18 |
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Empfohlen (von): | 14 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2001 |
Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780449006979 |
ISBN-10: | 0449006972 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Updike, John |
Hersteller: | Random House Publishing Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 210 x 140 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | John Updike |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.07.2001 |
Gewicht: | 0,316 kg |