Death Comes for the Archbishop

The story of two missionary priests, travelling through the American Southwest in the aftermath of the Mexican American wars, Father Jean-Marie Latour and Joseph Vaillant spread Catholic faith and religious practices, convert and gather new souls, and discipline wayward priests who have strayed from the Church of Rome.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction


• Note on the Text


• Selected Reading


• Chronology


• PROLOGUE: AT ROME


• BOOK II: MISSIONARY JOURNEYS


• BOOK III: THE MASS AT ACOMA


• BOOK IV: SNAKE ROOT


• BOOK V: PADRE MARTINEZ


• BOOK VI: DOÑA ISABELLA


• BOOK VII: THE GREAT DIOCESE


• BOOK VIII: GOLD UNDER PIKE'S PEAK


• BOOK IX: DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Catherine Morley is Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Leicester. She is the author of The Quest for Epic in Contemporary American Fiction (2008) and Modern American Literature (2010). She is also the co-editor of American Thought and Culture in the 21st Century (2008).

Zusammenfassung

The story of two missionary priests, travelling through the American Southwest in the aftermath of the Mexican American wars, Father Jean-Marie Latour and Joseph Vaillant spread Catholic faith and religious practices, convert and gather new souls, and discipline wayward priests who have strayed from the Church of Rome.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cather , Willa Cather, Editor
• Mitarbeit: Morley (Herausgeber), Morley Catherine (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 11.12.2025
• EAN: 9780192849250
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284925-0
• Seiten: 272
• Serie: Oxford World's Classics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; FICTION / Religious, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form