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'''''A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints''''', edited by [[Richard H. Cracroft]] and [[Neal E. Lambert]], and published in 1974, began the establishment of the field of [[Mormon literature]] as a legitimate [[Academic discipline|discipline]]. They released ''[[22 Young Mormon Writers]]'' the following year.
'''''A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints''''', edited by [[Richard H. Cracroft]] and [[Neal E. Lambert]], and published in 1974, was "the first significant anthology of the literature of the Latter-day Saints"<ref>{{citation |last= England |first= Eugene |authorlink= Eugene England |title= Book Reviews: ''A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints'' |journal= [[BYU Studies]] |volume= 15 |issue= 3 |date=Spring 1975 |pages= 365–372 |url= https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/believing-people-literature-latter-day-saints |accessdate= 2013-08-07 }}</ref> and began the establishment of the field of [[Mormon literature]] as a legitimate [[Academic discipline|discipline]], and remains, according to ''A Motley Vision'' in 2012, " the only comprehensive Mormon Literature anthology ever published."<ref>{{citation |last= Larsen |first= Kent |title= Sunday Lit Crit Sermon: Richard H. Cracroft on what makes a poem ‘Mormon’. |work= A Motley Vision |date= September 23, 2012 |url= http://www.motleyvision.org/2012/sunday-lit-crit-sermon-richard-h-cracroft-on-what-makes-a-poem-mormon/ |accessdate= 2013-08-07 }}</ref> Cracroft and Lambert released an anthology with a more modern focus, ''[[22 Young Mormon Writers]]'', the following year.<ref group=note>Three writers appear in both ''A Believing People'' and ''22 Young Mormon Writers'': Ann Doty, Clifton Holt Jolley, and [[Linda Sillitoe]].</ref>


==Included authors==
==Included authors==
The collection includes works of many sorts (letters, poetry, sermons, etc), mostly from [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] authors, but also some by those friendly to the [[Mormons]] (eg [[Thomas L. Kane]]) or with early-life connections (eg [[Ina Coolbrith]]) or similarly tangential relationships. Authors are listed in order of inclusion; if an author is included more than once in the anthology, they are listed only at their first appearance.
The collection includes works of many sorts (letters, poetry, sermons, etc.), mostly from [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] authors, but also some by those friendly to the [[Mormons]] (e.g. [[Thomas L. Kane]]) or with early-life connections (e.g. [[Ina Coolbrith]]) or similarly tangential relationships. Authors are listed alphabetically. Works without a listed author are not reflected in this list.
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=== History ===
*[[Lucy Mack Smith]]
*[[Lucy Mack Smith]]
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
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*[[Leonard J. Arrington]]
*[[Leonard J. Arrington]]
*[[James E. Talmage]]
*[[James E. Talmage]]

=== Biography and Autobiography ===
*[[Parley P. Pratt]]
*[[Parley P. Pratt]]
*[[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
*[[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
*[[Daniel Webster Jones (Mormon)|Daniel W. Jones]]
*[[Daniel Webster Jones (Mormon)|Daniel W. Jones]]
*[[S. A. Kenner]]
*[[S. A. Kenner]]
*[[Florence A. Merriam Bailey]]
*[[Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey|Florence A. Merriam Bailey]]
*[[Karl G. Maeser]]
*[[Karl G. Maeser]]
*[[Juanita Brooks]]
*[[Juanita Brooks]]

=== Letters ===
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[Brigham Young]]
*[[Brigham Young]]
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*[[Irene Hascall Pomeroy]]
*Ursulia B. Hascall
*Ursulia B. Hascall
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*Irene Hascall Pomeroy
*[[Spencer Clawson|Ellen Spencer Clawson]]
*[[Spencer Clawson|Ellen Spencer Clawson]]

=== Journals and Diaries ===
*[[Hosea Stout]]
*[[Hosea Stout]]
*[[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
*[[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
*[[Mary Goble Pay]]
*[[Mary Goble Pay]]
*[[Priddy Meeks]]
*[[Priddy Meeks]]
*[[Joseph Smith Black]]
*Joseph Smith Black

=== Discourses ===
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[Brigham Young]]
*[[Orson Pratt]]
*[[Orson Pratt]]
*[[J. Golden Kimball]]
*[[J. Golden Kimball]]
*[[B. H. Roberts]]
*[[Gordon B. Hinckley]]
*[[Gordon B. Hinckley]]

=== The Essay ===
*[[Orson F. Whitney]]
*[[Orson F. Whitney]]
*William Mulder
*William Mulder
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*[[Truman G. Madsen]]
*[[Truman G. Madsen]]
*Edward Geary
*Edward Geary

*George Armstrong Hicks
=== Nineteenth-Century Poetry ===
*[[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|William W. Phelps]]
*[[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|William W. Phelps]]
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[John Lyon (poet)|John Lyon]]
*[[John Lyon (poet)|John Lyon]]
*[[Joel H. Johnson]]
*[[Joel H. Johnson]]
*[[Eliza R. Snow]]
*[[Eliza R. Snow]]
*[[Parley P. Pratt]]
*[[Cyrus H. Wheelock]]
*[[Cyrus H. Wheelock]]
*[[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
*[[John Jaques (Mormon)|John Jaques]]
*[[John Jaques (Mormon)|John Jaques]]
*[[Charles W. Penrose]]
*[[Charles W. Penrose]]
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*[[Augusta Joyce Crocheron]]
*[[Augusta Joyce Crocheron]]
*[[Joseph L. Townsend]]
*[[Joseph L. Townsend]]
*[[Orson F. Whitney]]
*[[Josephine Spencer]]
*[[Josephine Spencer]]

=== Twentieth-Century Poetry ===
*[[S. Dilworth Young]]
*[[S. Dilworth Young]]
*Vesta Pierce Crawford
*Vesta Pierce Crawford
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*[[Arthur Henry King]]
*[[Arthur Henry King]]
*[[Edward L. Hart]]
*[[Edward L. Hart]]
*[[Marden J. Clark]]
*Marden J. Clark
*[[Lael W. Hill]]
*Lael W. Hill
*[[May Swenson]]
*[[May Swenson]]
*[[Clinton F. Larson]]
*[[Clinton F. Larson]]
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*David L. Wright
*David L. Wright
*Thomas Asplund
*Thomas Asplund
*Harrison Davis
*[[Nolyn Hardy]]
*Nolyn Hardy
*[[Marilyn McMeen Miller]]
*[[Marilyn McMeen Miller]]
*Robert A. Christmas
*Robert A. Christmas
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*Clifton Holt Jolley
*Clifton Holt Jolley
*Dennis Drake
*Dennis Drake
*Dennis Marden Clark
*[[Helen Walker Jones]]
*Helen Walker Jones
*[[Linda Sillitoe]]
*[[Linda Sillitoe]]
*[[Ann Doty]]
*Ann Doty
*[[Naomi W. Randall]]
*[[Naomi W. Randall]]

=== Fiction ===
*[[Parley P. Pratt]]
*[[Josephine Spencer]]
*[[Nephi Anderson]]
*[[Virginia Sorensen]]
*Eileen G. Kump
*[[Douglas H. Thayer]]
*Donald R. Marshall

=== The Novel ===
*[[Nephi Anderson]]
*[[Vardis Fisher]]
*[[Maurine Whipple]]

=== Drama ===
*[[Clinton F. Larson]]
*Martin Kelly
*Martin Kelly
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==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/believingpeoplel00crac Archive.org]'s online text of ''A Believing People''


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Latest revision as of 03:50, 20 March 2024

A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints, edited by Richard H. Cracroft and Neal E. Lambert, and published in 1974, was "the first significant anthology of the literature of the Latter-day Saints"[1] and began the establishment of the field of Mormon literature as a legitimate discipline, and remains, according to A Motley Vision in 2012, " the only comprehensive Mormon Literature anthology ever published."[2] Cracroft and Lambert released an anthology with a more modern focus, 22 Young Mormon Writers, the following year.[note 1]

Included authors

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The collection includes works of many sorts (letters, poetry, sermons, etc.), mostly from LDS authors, but also some by those friendly to the Mormons (e.g. Thomas L. Kane) or with early-life connections (e.g. Ina Coolbrith) or similarly tangential relationships. Authors are listed alphabetically. Works without a listed author are not reflected in this list.

History

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Biography and Autobiography

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Letters

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Journals and Diaries

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Discourses

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The Essay

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Nineteenth-Century Poetry

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Twentieth-Century Poetry

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Fiction

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The Novel

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Drama

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Notes

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  1. ^ Three writers appear in both A Believing People and 22 Young Mormon Writers: Ann Doty, Clifton Holt Jolley, and Linda Sillitoe.

References

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  1. ^ England, Eugene (Spring 1975), "Book Reviews: A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints", BYU Studies, 15 (3): 365–372, retrieved 2013-08-07
  2. ^ Larsen, Kent (September 23, 2012), "Sunday Lit Crit Sermon: Richard H. Cracroft on what makes a poem 'Mormon'.", A Motley Vision, retrieved 2013-08-07
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