Gertrude and Claudius / (Record no. 5034)
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control field | 2430841 |
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control field | OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
control field | 20140414173050.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
fixed length control field | 990614s2000 nyu g 000 1 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
LC control number | 99033436 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0375409084 (hbk) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | NCL |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 813 |
Edition number | 21 |
Item number | UPD-G 2000 6904 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Updike, John. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Gertrude and Claudius / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | by John Updike. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | A.A. Knopf, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000. |
263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE | |
Projected publication date | 0003 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 212 p. ; |
Dimensions | 21 cm. |
520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | "John Updike's nineteenth novel tells the story of Claudius and Gertrude, King and Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's Hamlet begins. |
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | 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. A dark-eyed dreamer with a taste for foreign adventure, he for decades has sought to quell his love for Gertrude, and at last returns to an Elsinore whose prince is generally elsewhere. Gaps and inconsistencies within the immortal play are to an extent filled and explained in this prequel; the figure of Polonius, especially, takes on a larger significance. |
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Beginning in the aura of pagan barbarism, and anticipating Renaissance humanism and empiricism, this modern retelling of a medieval tale presents the case for its royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and familial dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, disaffected prince."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Namal Library | Namal Library | Literature(hall 2) | 04/14/2014 | Donated by M. Naeem Aka Nomi (USA) | 813 UPD-G 2000 6904 | 0006904 | 04/14/2014 | 04/14/2014 | Books |