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Arthur Henry King

Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets
Arthur H. King
LDS
Convert to the church
Work found on page 68 of the Spring 1971 issue of .
1910
England
2000
Arthur King was educated at Cambridge and Lund (Sweden) and held a Doctor of Literature in stylistics.
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.
He claimed that a principal reason for his conversion to Mormonism was Joseph Smith\'s plain literary style.
Male
Author
English

46 Works by Arthur Henry King

Title Role Year Genre
Hebrews 11: Strangers and Pilgrims Author Poetry
Hot Weather in Tucson Author 1969 Poetry
The Right Size Author 1969 Poetry
Visit to a Cathedral After a Trip Around the World Author 1969 Poetry
Latter Days Author 1971 Poetry
Anthropomorphic But Not Mythical Author Poetry
Is It the Tree? Author Poetry
They Seek a Country Author Poetry
I Will Make Thee a Terror to Thyself Author 1972 Poetry
Winter Solstice Author 1971 Poetry
A Prophet is Dead; A Prophet Lives Author Poetry
September the First, 1969 Author 1974 Poetry
Epithalamion Author 1978 Poetry
Final Address to the British Council Author Poetry
The Child Is Father of the Man Author Personal Essay
Entitlement Author Poetry
President Kimball at Mestre Author Poetry
Nature and the Bourgeois Poet Author Poetry
Before a Journey Author Poetry
Snowdrops at Ditchley Park Author Poetry
Some Notes on Art and Mortality Author Unassigned
Conversion Author 2001 Poetry
The Works of Arthur Henry King Author
Death Is the Frame of Love Author Poetry
On This Gray and Silver Day Author Poetry
First Snow Author Poetry
September on Campus Author Poetry
To the Savior at Christmas and Always Author 1973 Poetry
The Field Behind Holly House Author Poetry
Beyond our Works and Days Author Poetry
Isis Egypt-Bound Author Poetry
Cast on the Lord Author Poetry
Hymn: Every Kindred, Tongue, and People Author Poetry
Be Still Author Poetry
Beyond Our Works and Days Author Poetry
My Conversion Author 1988 Poetry
In Memoriam N.W. For J.W. Author 1988 Poetry
Hymn Author 1988 Poetry
Ripening Apples Author 1988 Poetry
At One Author 1988 Poetry
Michaelmas Prayer For Don Shaefer Author 1988 Poetry
The House and the Rooms Author 1988 Poetry
Death's Ecstasy Author 1988 Poetry
His Love Author 1988 Poetry
The Banality of Evil Author 2005 Poetry
Ambulance Unit Author 2005 Poetry
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