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Home Literature by Orson F. Whitney Published In Collection: Collected Discourses, vol. 1 : B.H.S. Publishing, 1987: 150-156 Published In Anthology: A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints Provo, UT: BYU Press, 1974: 203-207 Published In Periodical: Contributor 9 (June 1888): 297-302 |
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Annotations: First delivered as a speech by Bishop Orson F. Whitney, at the Y.M.M.I.A. Conference, June 3, 1888. This essay has come to name both a period and an approach to Mormon literary writings. See the description of the Home Literature period in England, "Mormon Literature: Progress and Prospects" and detailed overviews of this period in Cracroft, "Seeking 'the Good, the Pure, the Elevating': A Short History of Mormon Fiction" and Austin, Mormon Home Literature." Quotes: "We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own..." Full text online http://mldb.byu.edu/homelit.htm | ||||||||
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