Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Author
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Cather, Willa Author
Published
Open Road Media , 2023.
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Description
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-ranging explanatory notes illuminate the elements of French, Mexican, Hispanic, and Native American cultures that meet in the course of the narrative; they also explain the part played by the land and its people—their history, religion, art, and languages. The textual essay and apparatus reveal Cather’s creative process and enable the reader to follow the complex history of the text.
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Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
01/01/2023
Language
English
ISBN
9781504083737
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Henry James and Willa Cather deal with the pull of the new world against the old; their calm narration with vivid imagery and a strong sense of place immerses readers in their stories. Both authors also use indirection to give readers a sense of unplumbed depth in their easily recognized characters. -- Katherine Johnson
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Ivan Turgenev ranks high among many European influences on Willa Cather's fiction. Both writers are known for the character-driven structure of their novels, their authentic, richly detailed descriptions of rural life, and their ability to portray the life of the mind in intellectual and artistic seekers. -- Michael Shumate
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cather, W. (2023). Death Comes for the Archbishop . Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa. 2023. Death Comes for the Archbishop. Open Road Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop Open Road Media, 2023.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Cather, W. (2023). Death comes for the archbishop. Open Road Media.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop Open Road Media, 2023.
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