Gertrude and Claudius Book Reviews

AUTHOR
John Updike
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
92

Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike Book Summary

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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Book Name Gertrude and Claudius
Genre Literary Fiction
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 6.18 MB

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Summary of Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike

The Gertrude and Claudius book written by John Updike was published on 08 February 2000, Tuesday in the Literary Fiction category. A total of 92 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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