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Notes on T. S. Eliot: Murder in the Cathedral

In which I raid my high school notebook for some evergreen thoughts.

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Bethel McGrew
May 15, 2021
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Like other high schoolers before me, I had the joy of discovering T. S. Eliot in my senior year, though unlike many high schoolers, I did so under the superior tutelage of my own mother. Up to that point, I had been fed an exclusively pre-modern poetic diet. But come senior year, Mum decided I was ready for a curve ball.

Mum’s plan of action was thoroug…

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