Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon
- ISBN-10
- 0190221941
- ISBN-13
- 9780190221942
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-07-18
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Elizabeth Fenton, Jared Hickman
Description
As the sacred text of a modern religious movement of global reach, The Book of Mormon has undeniable historical significance. That significance, this volume shows, is inextricable from the intricacy of its literary form and the audacity of its historical vision. This landmark collection brings together a diverse range of scholars in American literary studies and related fields to definitively establish The Book of Mormon as an indispensable object of Americanist inquiry not least because it is, among other things, a form of Americanist inquiry in its own right--a creative, critical reading of "America." Drawing on formalist criticism, literary and cultural theory, book history, religious studies, and even anthropological field work, Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon captures as never before the full dimensions and resonances of this "American Bible."
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