Murder in the Cathedral
148 pages
|Published: 6 Nov 2036
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ISBN: 9780156632775
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich/Harvest
Description
T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureThe 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.
