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Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

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Author Biography

Name: Willa Sibert Cather
Birth Date: 1873
Death Date: 1947
Place of Birth: Winchester, Virginia, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: author

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Biography of Willa Sibert Cather
652 words, approx. 2.2 pages
The American author Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) is distinguished for her strong and sensitive evocations of prairie life in the twilight years of the midwestern frontier. Her poetic sensibility was in sharp contrast to the naturalistic and Freudian-i...
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Biography of Willa Sibert Cather
10472 words, approx. 34.9 pages
Willa Cather is an outstanding example of a writer whose work is deeply rooted in a sense of place and at the same time universal in its treatment of theme and character. The corner of earth that she is best known for depicting is Nebraska, where she liv...
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Biography of Willa Sibert Cather
9708 words, approx. 32.4 pages
Willa Cather is a splendid example of a writer whose work is deeply rooted in a sense of place and at the same time universal in its treatment of theme and character. The corner of earth that she is best known for depicting is the Nebraska where she live...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Death Comes for the Archbishop Information
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Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico...


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Death Comes for the Archbishop.(Review) (book review)
09/22/2000: 712 words, approx. 2 pages
MIGNON, Charles W., ed. Death Comes for the Archbishop. By Willa Cather. Historical Essay and Explanatory Notes by John J. Murphy. Lincoln: U Nebraska P, 1999. xiv, 642 pp. $60.00. (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition) While I accept that Dover Thrift Editions have...
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Monarch Notes
Works of Willa Cather: 'Death Comes For The Archbishop'
01/01/1963: 328 words, approx. 1 pages
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 "Death Comes For The Archbishop" Written in 1927, Death Comes for the Archbishop was an experimental book for Willa Cather. She received inspiration for the novel from The Life of The Right Reverend Joseph P. Machebeuf, by Father Howlett. Fathers Latour...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Frederick Turner
11,328 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Turner recounts his attempts to discover the personal background to Death Comes for the Archbishop, including his interviews with New Mexican writers of the 1920s and his travels to sites visited by Cather.
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Critical Essay by Floyd C. Watkins
10,937 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Watkins discusses Cather's diverse cast of characters, settings, and themes in Death Comes for the Archbishop.
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Critical Essay by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom
10,876 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, the Blooms examine factors that went into Cather's writing of Death Comes for the Archbishop, particularly her wish to recreate in fiction the tradition and style of medieval saints' legends that appear in writing and painting.
 
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Essay Grade: 96%
Death Comes for the Archbishop
1,026 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay on Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop." Discusses Father Latours inner character conflicts and his relationship with the land.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Cultural Diversity in "Death Comes for the Archbishop"
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An analysis of cultural interaction in Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop."


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