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 …
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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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Mord im Dom
Paperback, 79 pages
German language
Published 1968 by Suhrkamp Verlag.
- OCLC Number:
- 891728502
Murder in the cathedral
87 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1935 by Faber and Faber.
- OCLC Number:
- 718122
Murder in the cathedral.
88 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1963 by Harcourt, Brace & World.
- OCLC Number:
- 283105
Murder in the cathedral
87 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1935 by Harcourt, Brace and company.
Murder in the Cathedral
School & Library Binding
English language
Published Oct. 6, 1999 by Tandem Library.
Murder in the cathedral
38 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1935 by H. J. Goulden.
- OCLC Number:
- 716840
Murder in the cathedral.
72 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1961 by Faber and Faber.
Murder in the cathedral.
157 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1965 by Faber and Faber.
Murder in the cathedral.
100 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1959 by Kingswood House in association with Faber & Faber, London.
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