Mormon Literature Database - King, Arthur Henry

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Arthur Henry King Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets View Works by this Person
Also Known As	Arthur H. King
Religion	LDS
Birth Date	1910
Death Date	2000
Birth Place	England
Education	Arthur King was educated at Cambridge and Lund (Sweden) and held a Doctor of Literature in stylistics.
Career	An author and lecturer of international reputation and a renowned leader in education, he was Assistant Director-General in charge of Education in England, his native land. Beginning in 1943, he was an official in the British Council, serving in Europe, Persia, and Pakistan. From 1971-1996 he taught English at Brigham Young University, and served as an associate director of the Honors Program. Also a poet, the principal influences on his poetry were I. A. Richards, T. S. Eliot, Yeats, Laura Riding, Rilke, and above all, Andrew Marvell. Besides his poetry he has published books and articles on sixteenth and seventeenth century literature and English as a foreign language. King has contributed numerous articles to BYU Studies, Dialogue, and various LDS Church magazines.
Personal Statement	He claimed that a principal reason for his conversion to Mormonism was Joseph Smith's plain literary style.

Works by Arthur Henry King Sort by title	Year	Genre
The Works of Arthur Henry King		Series
Arm the Children: Faith’s Response to a Violent World	1998	Criticism
The Abundance of the Heart	1986	Criticism
Joseph Smith as a Writer	1986	Criticism
Some Notes on Art and Morality	1970	Criticism
The Child Is Father of the Man	1976	Personal Essay
Conversion: Poems of the Religious Life, 1963-1994	2001	Poetry Collection
Cast on the Lord	1996	Poetry
Hymn: Every Kindred, Tongue, and People	1996	Poetry
Death Is the Frame of Love	1988	Poetry
Before a Journey	1987	Poetry
Snowdrops at Ditchley Park	1987	Poetry
Isis Egypt-Bound	1986	Poetry
Nature and the Bourgeois Poet	1986	Poetry
Entitlement	1985	Poetry
President Kimball at Mestre	1985	Poetry
Epithalamion	1978	Poetry
Beyond Our Works and Days	1977	Poetry
Beyond our Works and Days	1977	Poetry
Be Still	1976	Poetry
Hebrews 11: Strangers and Pilgrims	1976	Poetry
Final Address to the British Council	1975	Poetry
Anthropomorphic But Not Mythical	1974	Poetry
Is It the Tree?	1974	Poetry
On This Gray and Silver Day	1974	Poetry
September the First, 1969	1974	Poetry
They Seek a Country	1974	Poetry
First Snow	1973	Poetry
A Prophet is Dead; A Prophet Lives	1973	Poetry
September on Campus	1973	Poetry
I Will Make Thee a Terror to Thyself	1972	Poetry
Latter Days (Monday, Aug. 4, 1969)	1971	Poetry
Winter Solstice	1971	Poetry
Hot Weather in Tucson	1969	Poetry
The Right Size	1969	Poetry
Visit to a Cathedral After a Trip Around the World	1969	Poetry
The Field Behind Holly House		Poetry
Some Notes on Art and Mortality		Unassigned