Poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. 
 
BOOK: Murder in the Cathedral: A dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1935, first edition in dust jacket with original price of $1.25 not price clipped. Eighty-seven pages; interior clean. Book is in good to very good condition with old bookplate removed. Front free endpaper leaving wrinkles, shelf wear.