Reconsidering No man knows my history : Fawn M. Brodie and Joseph Smith in retrospect

Several scholars reexamine Fawn Brodie, her Joseph Smith biography, and its continuing importance to Mormon history. Biography Of The Biography : The Research And Writing Of No Man Knows My History / Newell G. Bringhurst -- Applause, Attack, And Ambivalence : Varied Responses To No Man Knows My History / Newell G. Bringhurst -- Secular Or Sectarian History? : A Critique Of No Man Knows My History / Marvin S. Hill -- Fawn Mckay Brodie : At The Intersection Of Secularism And Personal Alienation / Mario S. De Pillis -- Literary Style In No Man Knows My History : An Analysis / Lavina Fielding Anderson -- Fawn Brodie On Joseph Smith's Plural Wives And Polygamy : A Critical View / Todd Compton -- From Old To New Mormon History : Fawn Brodie And The Legacy Of Scholarly Analysis Of Mormonism / Roger D. Launius. Edited By Newell G. Bringhurst. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A biography of the biography : the research and writing of No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst Applause, attack, and ambivalence : varied responses to No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst Secular or sectarian history? : a critique of No man knows my history / Marvin S. Hill Fawn McKay brodie : at the intersection of secularism and personal alienation / Mario S. De Pillis Literary style in No man knows my history : an analysis / Lavina Fielding Anderson Fawn Brodie on Joseph Smith's plural wives and polygamy : a critical view / Todd Compton From old to new Mormon history : Fawn Brodie and the legacy of scholarly analysis of Mormonism / Roger D. Launius. Fawn Brodie's biography of the founding Mormon prophet has received both praise and condemnation since it's publication in 1945. In 1995, at a symposium to mark its fiftieth anniversary, several scholars gathered together to re-examine Brodie, her Joseph Smith biography and its continuing importance. Bringhurst has brought together many of the essays from that meeting.