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The assassination of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas becket, in 1170 forms the subjecti of T. S. Eliot-s Murder in the Cathedral. The constant and of-ten bitter struggle for power between the Church and the Crown in medieval Europe is epitomized in history by this one act of sacrilege. This edition carries an introduction by nevill Coghill approved by Eliot him-self, as well as forty pages of notes that iron out any textual difficulties that the student may have. The notes provide valuable inputs on wider issues raised by the play and Eliot-s handling of them, equipping the reader with multiple points of views and a better appreciation of the work.
About the Author
Thomas Sterns Eliot is considered one of the most controversial and influential literary personalities of the twentieth century. Eliot was born to a wealthy and respectable family of merchants in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888. His grandfather, the Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot, established the first Unitarian Church in St. Louis. He was also a founder of Washington University and became its Chancellor in 1872. T.S. Eliot`s father, Henry W. Eliot, was the president of the Hydraulic Press Brick Company. Eliot`s mother was a woman of intellectual and literary interests. It is not surprising that Eliot`s youth was filled with education, religion, and family closeness.
Eliot entered Harvard University in 1906 and graduated in three years. He received his Master`s Degree in his fourth year at Harvard. While in school, he began his literary career by writing poems for the undergraduate literary magazine, "The Harvard Advocate." He also became the editor of the……….ISBN 9780571235575
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