Gertrude and Claudius / John Updike.
2000
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Details
Title
Gertrude and Claudius / John Updike.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Distributed
New York : Distributed by Random House, Inc.
Printed
Harrisonburg, Virginia : Printed and bound by R.R. Donnelly
Copyright
©2000
Description
212 pages ; 21 cm
Associated name
Updike, John, author.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.
Random House (Firm), distributor.
RR Donnelly & Sons Company, binder, printer.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.
Random House (Firm), distributor.
RR Donnelly & Sons Company, binder, printer.
Summary
Tells the story of Claudius and Gertrude, King and Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's Hamlet begins. Employing the nomenclature and certain details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that first describe the prince who feigns madness to achieve revenge upon his father's slayer, Updike brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King Hamlet, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. America's Shakespeare. closed
Genre/form
Domestic fiction.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
United States -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg.
United States -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg.
Item Details
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2277
Folger-specific note
Publisher's cloth boards with illustrated paper dustjacket.
Folger accession
269273