Death Comes for the Archbishop | Critical Overview
When Death Comes for the Archbishop was published in 1927, readers and critics alike embraced the novel. Cather’s love of the Southwest and its inhabitants was clear, and readers came to share her affection for the region. In American Writers, Volume 1, Dorothy Van Ghent observes, “Most of the episodes evoke the virtue of place, textures of earth and weather that are the basis of all sense of reality, and the relationships of human generations silently handing down their wisdom of place.” Brad Hooper in Booklist remarks that Death Comes for the...
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