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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, 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://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/BYUStudies/article/download/4839/4489 |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= Larson |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.
'''''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]] (e.g. [[Thomas L. Kane]]) or with early-life connections (e.g. [[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. Works without a listed author are not reflected in this list.
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]]
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[B. H. Roberts]]
*[[Thomas L. Kane]]
*[[Leonard J. Arrington]]
*[[Leonard J. Arrington]]
*[[James E. Talmage]]
*Thomas Asplund

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

*Parley A. Christensen
=== Letters ===
*Robert A. Christmas
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*Marden J. Clark
*[[Brigham Young]]
*Ursulia B. Hascall
*Irene Hascall Pomeroy
*[[Spencer Clawson|Ellen Spencer Clawson]]
*[[Spencer Clawson|Ellen Spencer Clawson]]

=== Journals and Diaries ===
*[[Hosea Stout]]
*[[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
*[[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
*[[Mary Goble Pay]]
*Christie Lund Coles
*[[Ina Coolbrith]]
*R. Paul Cracroft
*Vesta Pierce Crawford
*[[Augusta Joyce Crocheron]]
*Ann Doty
*Dennis Drake
*Edward Geary
*Max Golightly
*Nolyn Hardy
*John Sterling Harris
*[[Edward L. Hart]]
*Ursulia B. Hascall
*George Armstrong Hicks
*Lael W. Hill
*[[Gordon B. Hinckley]]
*[[John Jaques (Mormon)|John Jaques]]
*[[Joel H. Johnson]]
*Clifton Holt Jolley
*[[Daniel Webster Jones (Mormon)|Daniel W. Jones]]
*Helen Walker Jones
*[[Thomas L. Kane]]
*Martin Kelly
*[[S. A. Kenner]]
*[[J. Golden Kimball]]
*[[Arthur Henry King]]
*[[Clinton F. Larson]]
*[[John Lyon (poet)|John Lyon]]
*[[Truman G. Madsen]]
*[[Karl G. Maeser]]
*[[Priddy Meeks]]
*[[Priddy Meeks]]
*Joseph Smith Black
*[[Marilyn McMeen Miller]]

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

=== The Essay ===
*[[Orson F. Whitney]]
*William Mulder
*William Mulder
*Parley A. Christensen
*Robert K. Thomas
*[[Hugh Nibley]]
*[[Hugh Nibley]]
*[[Truman G. Madsen]]
*Veneta Leatham Nielsen
*Edward Geary
*[[Mary Goble Pay]]

*[[Carol Lynn Pearson]]
=== Nineteenth-Century Poetry ===
*[[Charles W. Penrose]]
*[[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|William W. Phelps]]
*[[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|William W. Phelps]]
*Irene Hascall Pomeroy
*[[Orson Pratt]]
*[[Parley P. Pratt]]
*[[Naomi W. Randall]]
*[[B. H. Roberts]]
*[[Linda Sillitoe]]
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[Joseph Smith Jr.]]
*[[Lucy Mack Smith]]
*[[John Lyon (poet)|John Lyon]]
*[[Joel H. Johnson]]
*[[Richard Smith (hymnist)|Richard Smyth]]
*[[Eliza R. Snow]]
*[[Eliza R. Snow]]
*[[Parley P. Pratt]]
*Charis Southwell
*[[Cyrus H. Wheelock]]
*[[William Clayton (Mormon)|William Clayton]]
*[[John Jaques (Mormon)|John Jaques]]
*[[Charles W. Penrose]]
*[[Richard Smith (hymnist)|Richard Smyth]]
*[[Ina Coolbrith]]
*[[Augusta Joyce Crocheron]]
*[[Joseph L. Townsend]]
*[[Orson F. Whitney]]
*[[Josephine Spencer]]
*[[Josephine Spencer]]

*[[Hosea Stout]]
=== Twentieth-Century Poetry ===
*[[S. Dilworth Young]]
*Vesta Pierce Crawford
*Christie Lund Coles
*Veneta Leatham Nielsen
*[[Arthur Henry King]]
*[[Edward L. Hart]]
*Marden J. Clark
*Lael W. Hill
*[[May Swenson]]
*[[May Swenson]]
*[[James E. Talmage]]
*[[Clinton F. Larson]]
*Max Golightly
*[[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
*R. Paul Cracroft
*[[Emma Lou Thayne]]
*[[Emma Lou Thayne]]
*John Sterling Harris
*Robert K. Thomas
*[[Joseph L. Townsend]]
*[[Cyrus H. Wheelock]]
*[[Orson F. Whitney]]
*David L. Wright
*David L. Wright
*Thomas Asplund
*[[Brigham Young]]
*Harrison Davis
*[[S. Dilworth Young]]
*Nolyn Hardy
*[[Marilyn McMeen Miller]]
*Robert A. Christmas
*[[Carol Lynn Pearson]]
*Charis Southwell
*Clifton Holt Jolley
*Dennis Drake
*Dennis Marden Clark
*Helen Walker Jones
*[[Linda Sillitoe]]
*Ann Doty
*[[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
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==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://archive.org/details/believingpeoplel00crac Archive.org]'s online text of ''A Believing People''
*[https://archive.org/details/believingpeoplel00crac Archive.org]'s online text of ''A Believing People''


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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, 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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