Eugene England
Eugene England was critic, essayist, teacher, and pioneering scholar in the field of Mormon letters. He is responsible for many of the advances in Mormon letters in the twentieth century. In 1966 he founded Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, which has provided a venue for the publication of Mormon stories, poetry, and criticism. He has more recently edited anthologies of Mormon poetry, short fiction, and criticism (see below). He has shaped both the past and future of Mormon writing through the Association for Mormon Letters, which he cofounded and has actively promoted, through his book reviews and through his scholarly assessment of the Latter-day Saints\' literary tradition. His most complete overview of Mormon literature is \"Mormon Literature: Progress and Prospects\". England championed the personal essay as a genre for Mormon expression, authoring three books of essays and promoting the form for others. Eugene England taught Mormon Literature at Brigham Young University from 1977-98 and was Writer in Residence at Utah Valley State College until his untimely passing in August, 2001.
G. Eugene England Jr., George Eugene England Jr, George Eugene England, Gene England
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
George Eugene and Dora Rose Hartvigsen England
Charlotte Hawkins
Katherine England (Paul Nelson), Jody England Hansen (Mike Hansen), George Mark England, Jennifer England (Mark J. Asplund), Rebecca England (Jordan A. Kimball), and Jane England, Katherine England, Jody England, Katherine England, Jody England
1933-07-22
2001-08-17
Samoa, 1954-
A.B. University of Utah, 1958
Special Grad. M.I.T., 1959
M.A. Stanford University, 1969
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1974
Writer-in-Residence, Utah Valley State College, 1998-2001
Professor of English, Brigham Young University, 1974-1998
Associate Professor of English, Brigham Young University, 1977-83
Instructor, LDS Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1975-77
Asst. Professor of English, St. Olaf College, 1970-75
Asst. Professor of English, California State College, Hayward, 1968-70
Male
Author, Editor
English
