Murder in the cathedral

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Publication

1963 - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, California

Language

English

Word Count

22,000 words, Guess

Page Count

88 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL14990512M
ISBN-100156632772
OCLC Control Number9954422
OCLC Control Number503387051
OCLC Control Number14696262

and 6 more

OCLC Control Number24137329
OCLC Control Number1817920
OCLC Control Number19057326
Library of Congress Control Numbera35001776
Goodreads33052
LibraryThing27084

Classifications

LCCPS3509 L45M8

Description

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.