Americanist Approaches to The Book of Mormon

As the eponymous sacred text of a modern religious movement of global reach <em>The Book of Mormon</em> has undeniable historical significance. That significance this volume shows is inextricable from the intricacy of its literary form and the audacity of its historical vision. This landmark collection brings together a diverse range of scholars in American literary studies and adjacent fields to definitively establish <em>The Book of Mormon</em> as an indispensable object of Americanist inquiry not least because it is among other things a form of Americanist inquiry in its own right--a creative critical reading of America.