Marden J. Clark, of Provo, Utah, was professor of English at Brigham Young University. A thoughtful essayist on Mormon and literary themes, Clark collected his essays in Liberating Form: Mormon Essays on Religion and Literature (Aspen, 1992).
The Harold B. Lee Library also has his manuscript autobiography in their L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
1916-07-13
Morgan, Utah
2003-05-15
Master's degree from Brigham Young University (1948), Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington
Professor of English, Brigham Young University, Fulbright Lecturer in Finland, Truck driver, Lockhead employee, BYU professor
"For whether the man of religion likes it or not he needs and uses the resources of art to arrive at, to define, and to communicate his deepest insights. And whether the artist likes it or not his deepest insights ring with religious overtones."