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- Paperback
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- Book
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- ISBN
- 9780156632775
- Book Title
- Murder in the Cathedral : Verse Drama
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Genre
- Drama, Poetry
- Topic
- Ancient & Classical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Religious & Liturgical
- Item Weight
- 3.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 96 Pages
Murder in the Cathedral by Eliot, T. S.
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156632772
ISBN-13
9780156632775
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70155
Product Key Features
Book Title
Murder in the Cathedral : Verse Drama
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Ancient & Classical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Religious & Liturgical
Genre
Drama, Poetry
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
3.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
35-001776
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
“The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.” –The New York Times “This play comes closer to perfection than anything that Eliot has written.” –New York Herald Tribune Books “Within its limits the play is a masterpiece…Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler.” –The Nation “Mr. T. S. Eliot…has won for religious drama a fresh hearing…Not since ‘St. Joan’ has there been any play on the English stage in which such tremendous issues as this have been treated with such mastery of thought, as well as dramatic power.” –Christian Century “Eliot has found himself anew as a poet, only with an added ease, lucidity and objectiveness.” –Spectator, “The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.” — The New York Times “This play comes closer to perfection than anything that Eliot has written.” — New York Herald Tribune Books “Within its limits the play is a masterpiece…Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler.” — The Nation “Mr. T. S. Eliot…has won for religious drama a fresh hearing…Not since ‘St. Joan’ has there been any play on the English stage in which such tremendous issues as this have been treated with such mastery of thought, as well as dramatic power.” — Christian Century “Eliot has found himself anew as a poet, only with an added ease, lucidity and objectiveness.” — Spectator, “The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.” –The New York Times “This play comes closer to perfection than anything that Eliot has written.” –New York Herald Tribune Books “Within its limits the play is a masterpiece…Mr. Eliot has written no better poem than this and none which seems simpler.” –The Nation “Mr. T. S. Eliot…has won for religious drama a fresh hearing…Not since ‘St. Joan’ has there been any play on the English stage in which such tremendous issues as this have been treated with such mastery of thought, as well as dramatic power.” –Christian Century “Eliot has found himself anew as a poet, only with an added ease, lucidity and objectiveness.” –Spectator —
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
822.912
Synopsis
T. S. Eliot’s most famous drama, a retelling of the murder of the archbishop of Canterbury Murder in the Cathedral, written for the Canterbury Festival in 1935, was one of T. S. Eliot’s first dramatic achievements, and it remains one of the great plays of the century. It takes as its subject matter the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, depicting the events that led to his assassination, in his own cathedral church, by the knights of Henry II in 1170. Like Greek drama, the play’s theme and form are rooted in religion, ritual purgation and renewal, and it was this return to the earliest sources of drama that brought poetry triumphantly back to the English stage at the time. “The theatre is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.” –The New York Times, 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., T. S. Eliot’s most famous drama, a retelling of the murder of the archbishop of Canterbury Murder in the Cathedral , written for the Canterbury Festival in 1935, was one of T. S. Eliot’s first dramatic achievements, and it remains one of the great plays of the century. It takes as its subject matter the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, depicting the events that led to his assassination, in his own cathedral church, by the knights of Henry II in 1170. Like Greek drama, the play’s theme and form are rooted in religion, ritual purgation and renewal, and it was this return to the earliest sources of drama that brought poetry triumphantly back to the English stage at the time. “The theatre is enriched by this poetic play of grave beauty and momentous decision.” — The New York Times, WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE T. S. Eliot’s most famous drama, a retelling of the murder of the archbishop of Canterbury.
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