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Death comes for the archbishop. : Historical essay and explanatory notes by Willa Cather; historical essay and explanatory notes by John J. Murphy; textual editing by Charles W. Mignon with Frederick M. Link and Kari A. Ronning is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop sprang from Willa Cather’s love for the land and cultures of the American Southwest. Published in 1927 to both praise and perplexity, it has since claimed for itself a major place in twentieth-century literature. When Cather first visited the American Southwest in 1912, she found a new world to imagine and soon came to feel that "the story of the Catholic Church in [the Southwest] was the most interesting of all its stories." The narrative follows Bishop Jean Latour and Father Joseph Vaillant, friends since their childhood in France, as they organize the new Roman Catholic diocese of Santa Fe subsequent to the Mexican War. While seeking to revive the church and build a cathedral in the desert, the clerics, like their historical prototypes, Bishop Jean Lamy and Father Joseph Machebeuf, face religious corruption, natural adversity, and the loneliness of living in a strange and unforgiving land. The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition presents groundbreaking research, establishing a new text that reflects Cather’s long and deep involvement with her story. The historical essay traces the artistic and spiritual development that led to its writing. The broad-ran
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- Author
- Willa Cather; historical essay and explanatory notes by John J. Murphy; textual editing by Charles W. Mignon with Frederick M. Link and Kari A. Ronning
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Published
- 1927
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803214293
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (65 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- La muerte llama al arzobispo (Letras Universales / Universal Writings) (2005)
- Death Comes For The Archbishop (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (1981)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) (1926)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) (2011)
- Death comes for the archbishop. : Historical essay and explanatory notes (1999)
- Eleanor's House (2014)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Virago Modern Classics) (1981)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (2018)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition) (1999)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Penguin Modern Classics) (2018)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) (2018)
- Death Comes For The Archbishop (2014)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (1984)
- Death Comes For The Archbishop (1990)
- Death Comes For The Archbishop With Related Readings (the Glencoe Literature Library) (2002)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) (1927)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (1971)
- Death Comes for the Archbishop (Penguin Modern Classics) (1927)
- Death Comes For The Archbishop (1955)
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