Reconsidering No man knows my history : Fawn M. Brodie and Joseph Smith in retrospect / edited by Newell G. Bringhurst.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brodie, Fawn McKay, 1915-1981. No man knows my history.

Brodie, Fawn McKay.

Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844.

Smith, Joseph.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Presidents--Biography.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Presidents.

Latter Day Saint churches--Presidents--Biography.

Latter Day Saint churches.

Latter Day Saint churches--Presidents.

Latter Day Saints--United States--Biography.

Latter Day Saints.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages : portrait ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1996.

Summary:

Since 1945 Fawn Brodie's biography on the founding Mormon prophet has received both praise and condemnation. Noted scholars reexamine Brodie, her Joseph Smith biography and its continuing importance.

Contents:

A biography of the biography : the research and writing of No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst

Applause, attack, and ambivalence : varied responses to No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst

Secular or sectarian history? : a critique of No man knows my history / Marvin S. Hill

Fawn McKay brodie : at the intersection of secularism and personal alienation / Mario S. De Pillis

Literary style in No man knows my history : an analysis / Lavina Fielding Anderson

Fawn Brodie on Joseph Smith's plural wives and polygamy : a critical view / Todd Compton

From old to new Mormon history : Fawn Brodie and the legacy of scholarly analysis of Mormonism / Roger D. Launius.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0874212057

0874212146

OCLC:

34965527