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Cover of: Murder in the cathedral by T. S. Eliot
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An edition of Murder in the Cathedral (1934)

Murder in the cathedral

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  • 6 Have read

A dramatization in free verse and with features derived from ancient and medieval theatre of the killing of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II. Eliot used the device of a chorus, an ancient Greek invention, to express certain concerns and observations, and the killers take their turn to justify their action. When I read this play as a grammar school student in England, I was struck by the way the violence echoed the rise of fascism in Europe when the play was being written. My English master was somewhat mocking in class regarding my views, but later as a college student I read Eliot's own words confirming my experience.

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Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and company
Language
English
Pages
87

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Subjects
Canterbury Cathedral, Christian martyrs, Christian saints, Drama, History, Murder victims, Drama texts: from c 1900 -, Plays, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Aliens, Bilingualism, Educational tests and measurements, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, American literature, Medieval Civilization, Murder
People
Saint, Abp. of Canterbury, 1118?-1170 Thomas a Becket, Thomas ̀Becket Saint, Abp. of Canterbury (1118?-1170), Thomas à Becket, Saint (1118?-1170)
Places
Canterbury (England), Great Britain
Times
Henry II, 1154-1189

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Murder in the cathedral
1963, Harcourt, Brace & World
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Murder in the cathedral
1959, Kingswood House
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Murder in the cathedral
1938, Faber
in English - 4th ed.
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Murder in the cathedral
1935, Harcourt, Brace and company
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Murder in the cathedral
1935, Faber and Faber
in English
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The measurement of bilingual
1934, Teachers college, Columbia university
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Edition Notes

"This play was written for production (in an abbreviated form) at the Canterbury festival, June 1935."--3d prelim. leaf.

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Genre
Drama.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3509.L43 M

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Pagination
4 p.1., 11-87 p.
Number of pages
87

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL180718M
Internet Archive
murderincathedra00eliorich
LCCN
a35001776
Library Thing
27084

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