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Murder in the Cathedral
Contributor(s): Eliot, T. S. (Author)

ISBN: 0156632772 ISBN-13: 9780156632775
Publisher: Ecco Press

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2023
Annotation: A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. " The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision" (New York Times). " Within its limits the play is a masterpiece.... Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler" (Mark Van Doren, The Nation).

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Drama | Religious & Liturgical
- Drama | American - General

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 35001776

Age Level: 14-UP

Grade Level: 9-UP

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.8" L (0.20 lbs) 96 pages

Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles

Features: Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 76258
Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 3.0

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Publisher Description:

T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play bolstered his reputation as the most significant poet of his time.

Contributor Bio(s): Eliot, T. S.: -

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He moved to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

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