A Motley Vision

The first essay in Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader I want to look more closely at in relation to Mormon aesthetics is the last one: Chase Westfall’s “Toward a Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art.” That’s not only because it’s the piece that is more directly about aesthetics, but also because I was struck by how … Continue reading "The structure of Chase Westfall’s “Toward a Latter-day Saint Contemporary Art”"

Joanna Brooks responds to the Mormon Literaturstreit by arguing for a Mormon-ness--for Mormon literary studies as cultural studies

Although Eugene England didn't weight in on the Mormon Literaturstreit directly, two of his works speak to the core debate.