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    Death Comes for the Archbishop: A Classic Novel of New Mexico
    Death Comes for the Archbishop: A Classic Novel of New Mexico
    Death Comes for the Archbishop: A Classic Novel of New Mexico
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    Death Comes for the Archbishop: A Classic Novel of New Mexico

    By Willa Cather and Richard W. Etulain

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    A towering work of twentieth-century American literature, Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop tells the story of the French Catholic priest Jean Marie Latour, the first bishop of the diocese of New Mexico, which was created after the Mexican-American War. With his friend and vicar Joseph Vaillant, Latour makes the long journey to the newly annexed territory of New Mexico. Once "the cradle of the Faith in the New World," now old mission churches have fallen into ruin and a reduced priesthood lacks guidance and discipline. Latour and Vaillant encounter a strange and unfamiliar brand of Catholicism, but in time the two priests learn to adjust to the ways of New World Catholics and open their eyes to Native American religious ideas so seemingly distant from their own beliefs.

    This new annotated edition of Cather's New Mexico masterpiece includes an introductory essay and notes by historian and critic Richard W. Etulain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
    Release dateFeb 15, 2024
    ISBN9780826365736
    Death Comes for the Archbishop: A Classic Novel of New Mexico
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    Willa Cather

    Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an award-winning American author. As she wrote her numerous novels, Cather worked as both an editor and a high school English teacher. She gained recognition for her novels about American frontier life, particularly her Great Plains trilogy. Most of her works, including the Great Plains Trilogy, were dedicated to her suspected lover, Isabelle McClung, who Cather herself claimed to have been the biggest advocate of her work. Cather is both a Pulitzer Prize winner and has received a gold medal from the Institute of Arts and Letters for her fiction.

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