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Work #1169 · Mid

Murder in the Cathedral

Thomas Stearns Eliot
1935 · English
Verse drama · Anglo-American modernism / Anglo-Catholic religious drama

Eliot's 1935 verse drama — the 1170 martyrdom of Thomas Becket; church-state confrontation as religious-political tragedy

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Attribute Murder in the Cathedral (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

Murder in the Cathedral

The December 1170 historical setting; the 1935 dramatic-production moment.

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Space

Murder in the Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral as historical setting and as 1935 performance space.

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Matter

Murder in the Cathedral

The embodied Becket whose martyrdom the play stages.

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Observer

Murder in the Cathedral

The Chorus of Women of Canterbury as collective participant-observer.

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Energy

Murder in the Cathedral

The religious-political-tragic energies of the church-state confrontation.

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Information

Murder in the Cathedral

The dramatic-religious content of the verse drama.

Internal Tensions

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Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral has been universally canonical as religious-modernist drama; its Anglo-Catholic religious-political framework has been variously assessed across secular and religious critical traditions.