Ebook Murder in the Cathedral

Ebook Murder in the Cathedral

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Murder in the Cathedral

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About the Author

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He moved to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

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Product details

Paperback: 88 pages

Publisher: Harcourt (March 18, 1964)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0156632772

ISBN-13: 978-0156632775

Product Dimensions:

5.2 x 0.2 x 7.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.4 out of 5 stars

90 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#28,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Until I bought this short book, I had only two other pieces of drama or poetry in my collection - an old Arden's Shakespeare edition of Henry V and a collection of Poe's works - I'm just not a big fan of reading poetry or drama, though I do enjoy seeing plays acted. In any case, I added this due to an increasing interest in the Middle Ages, esp. the Plantagenet dynasty. I'm familiar w/ the story of Becket from watching the old film, "Becket," and from recent reading on Henry II.I think this is one of those books - even at less than 90 pages - where a helping handing is required, so I relied on the great material at novelguide dot com to help me with understanding some of the imagery, symbolism, cultural references, etc., and it was a great aid. I also had notes written in my used copy from its original owner, a coed - Class of 1964 - at the College of New Rochelle. Rather than detracting from the enjoyment of reading it, the charming marginalia added to it.There's some lovely turns of phrase here - right from the first page: "Since golden October declined into sombre November..." - and while I'm sure I should know my Bible better, and missed some of the references, I could still catch the Chorus's cadence and words that were reminiscent of Ecclesiastes.And the famous "The last temptation is the greatest treason:To do the right deed for the wrong reason."My favorite part was Becket's homily; and while the last speeches by the knights are sometimes seen as a bit of comic relief and a play on British manners, I found their justifications ("he had it coming to him," basically) and bureaucratic detachment (they basically say: "you're welcome, England") from their murder to be chilling - and that points to some very strong writing on Eliot's part to give me that feeling.If there's a reason why I'm giving only 4 stars instead of 5, it's that the play is still narrow in focus - without Henry II bellowing "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest," something seems lackingBut for drama, introspection on temptation and rewards here on earth, and in Heaven, and lovely poetry - it's highly recommended

I was expecting this play to be a more detailed reimagining of the murder of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, something more like the Richard Burton movie "Becket." Not so. This play is far shorter and focuses more on Eliot's poetic/spiritual analysis of Becket's martyrdom than it presents historical fiction. King Henry II, who according to tradition indirectly ordered Becket's murder, is not featured at all, and St. Thomas himself even seems to appear less than some of the other characters.This isn't to say that "Murder in the Cathedral" is not worth reading. T.S. Eliot here really shows his poetic verve and has some lines that make you ponder their meaning. It's a beautiful verse play, similar to Shakespeare but much shorter (and without humor). And different from other adaptations of the Becket story, the Four Knights who kill the archbishop are given an opportunity to defend themselves. Their actions (and Becket's, too) are left for the reader to judge.A lot of lines are given to the Chorus of women who operate somewhere between traditional Catholicism and folk beliefs--they seemed to me to be sort of "wise women," that is, both magical and spiritual in their prophecies and statements. Usually a Chorus is used to fill-in details for the play-readers and watchers: Eliot uses them here not only for that function, but also to dominate the storytelling. I appreciated what the Chorus had to offer, but I would have rather read more of the thoughts of the principal characters than of these "side" characters.The scene where Becket is challenged with the Four Temptations (parallel to the temptations of Christ) is very powerful and moving: here we see Eliot at his best.I would recommend this play for anyone who is familiar enough with the Henry II / Becket tradition (if you don't know the history, or don't do a quick brush-up on Wikipedia before reading it, you'll be totally lost). It's a very powerful, moving play, and I hope to see it performed on stage sometime.

"Man’s life is a cheat and a disappointment; All things are unreal, Unreal or disappointing:"Possibly the sole exception is this play, the utterly exquisite, devastatingly resonant poetry of which knows no equal in my experience of the English language. Eliot's Nobel Prize for literature was scarcely adequate recognition. No hyperbole, here: I mean it.

T S Eliot was a genius too obscure for me on most of my days in most of his work. This short play has all the profundity without all of the inaccessibility. If you ever wanted to get inside a true saint's head, this is the one to read. And it will only take an evening. It tastes like C.S. Lewis, but prepared by a greater writer. If you ever want to give a religious talk or a sermon, read this first and see how a master does it.

Eliot clearly had the rise of fascism on his mind when he wrote the play, Becket is placed in the position of helping create a theocracy by King Henry and his refusal is the cause of his martyrdom. However the meat of the play is a psychological drama about his challenge by such circumstances.As an aside, the Kindle version has clearly been scanned from the original paper version, there are several places where the words are obviously misspelled owing to such scanning processes.

The book is very good, but this is a review of the kindle version not of the work. There are quite a few very obvious mistakes in this. It doesn’t seem proofread at all. There was a 1 where an I should be. There are numerous places where the characters “rn” were “m”. And various other typos. You really couldn’t be bothered to check? I mean I could read it, but it makes me wonder how many other words were wrong and I just didn’t know it.

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