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.

List of contents

• 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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Cather , Willa Cather, Editor
• Assisted by: Morley (Editor), Morley Catherine (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 11.12.2025
• EAN: 9780192849250
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284925-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; 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