An annotated, educational edition of Eliot's most famous play.

Professor Coghill was invited to prepare this annotated edition of Murder in the Cathedral by Eliot himself, and he approved his introduction. Coghill discusses Eliot's subject matter, and the play's importance in his oeuvre. Forty pages of notes elucidate textual difficulties, and include a valuable discussion of some wider issues. The references to the production of the play in the theatre are of great interest. There are three appendices on the historical context; on the metre of Everyman , which influenced the versification of Murder in the Cathedral ; and on Tennyson's poetic drama Becket , which offers a striking contrast to Eliot's treatment of the subject.

Vorwort
An annotated, educational edition of Eliot's most famous play.

Autorentext
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He settled in England in 1915 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.

Klappentext

A play, written for a special memorial celebration in Canterbury, and performed there a short time back, and received with wide acclaim. The play reads well. It is - obviously - the story of the death of Thomas a Becket. The market for plays to read has grown tremendously these past few years. There is interest, always among the "intelligentzia" in a new T.S. Eliot. This should appeal to people who cannot understand his more abstract work, and widen the market considerably. (Kirkus Reviews)

Zusammenfassung
Professor Coghill was invited to prepare this annotated edition of Murder in the Cathedral by Eliot himself, and he approved his introduction. Coghill discusses Eliot's subject matter, and the play's importance in his oeuvre. Forty pages of notes elucidate textual difficulties, and include a valuable discussion of some wider issues. The references to the production of the play in the theatre are of great interest. There are three appendices on the historical context; on the metre of Everyman, which influenced the versification of Murder in the Cathedral; and on Tennyson's poetic drama Becket, which offers a striking contrast to Eliot's treatment of the subject.