Despite the brevity of its run and the diminutive size of its audience, The English Intelligencer is a key publication in the history of literary modernism in the British Isles. Emerging in the mid-1960s from a dissatisfaction with the prevailing norms of 'Betjeman's England', the young writers associated with it were catalysed by the example of Donald Allen's The New American Poetry as they sought to establish a revitalised modernist poetics.Late Modernism an...

Central to the creative process of the Romantic poets that followed him, Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Ballads has been both a gift and a thorn in the side of critics for over a century. Readers find themselves drawn back to the essay repeatedly as they seek to untangle the ideas and contradictions within it. The Preface is a statement of Wordsworth’s poetic vision and offers an explanation of the poetic process behind the poems, which fused the rusticity of the bal...

In The Old Testament for Latter-day Saints, Alex Douglas explores the Old Testament from various perspectives: as a believer, a skeptic, a secular scholar, and a member of the Latter-day Saint community. He delves deep into biblical scholarship, incorporating insights from disciplines such as ancient Near Eastern archaeology and the rich mythic traditions of Israel’s neighboring cultures. By doing so, Douglas helps the reader appreciate the profound significance the Old Testament ...

This collection of original documents explores the largely unknown nineteenth-century history of the Relief Society, the women's organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, the Relief Society was initially led by Emma Smith, wife of president Joseph Smith. The substantial minutes of the organization's proceedings from 1842 to 1844, published unabridged herein for the first time in print, document the women's priorities, contribution...

Tomo IV de Santos: En la historia de la Iglesia de Jesucristo en los últimos días se relata el rápido crecimiento de la Iglesia y la fe extraordinaria de sus miembros durante los últimos setenta años. El libro comienza en 1955, cuando había solo nueve templos, y termina en el 2020, cuando más de 150 templos se extienden por toda la tierra.

Los populachos amenazan con expulsarlos de sus hogares, por lo que miles de Santos de los Últimos Días huyen de Nauvoo, su lugar de recogimiento durante los últimos siete años. Guiados por Brigham Young y el Cuórum de los Doce Apóstoles, viajan hacia el oeste a través de praderas y llanuras, confiando en que Dios les preparará un lugar donde establecerse más allá de las cumbres de las Montañas Rocosas.Encontrar un nuevo hogar es solo el comienzo de la historia. En su afán por servi...