Murder in the Cathedral
by Eliot, T.S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, 86 pp. . Black cloth, gilt spine imprinting, jacket. Fine, sparkling book in a very good jacket showing edgewear and some age darkening, notably at spine. Gallup A29f. Eliot's play, the story of Thomas a Becket, in which a man of God stands as a spiritual beacon against the darkness of a despotic temporal power, was actually banned in Romania under the Ceausescu régime. Generally well regarded - for a play by a poet - it reflects Eliot's philosophical bent while respectfully dallying with dramatic forms of much earlier eras, and in so doing makes the choice of an overused historical vehicle more palatable. Handsome copy. L6
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000298
- Title
- Murder in the Cathedral
- Author
- Eliot, T.S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Drama, T.S. Eliot, Poetry, First Edition, Thomas a Becket
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama / Plays / Stage / Theater;
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