Keywords
rolling waters, literary aspects, Doctrine and Covenants
Abstract
Many parts of the Doctrine and Covenants are literary in character. That is, their content is made appealing and more memorable and meaningful through aesthetic qualities. With content often determining form and form revealing content, profound concerns are presented in ways that reach us deeply. A statement in the Doctrine and Covenants regarding things which come of the earth applies well to the book’s literary elements: T hey “please the eye and … gladden the heart; [they] enliven the soul” (D&C 59:18-19).
Recommended Citation
Rust, Richard Dilworth
(2017)
"“How long can rolling waters remain impure?”: Literary Aspects of the Doctrine and Covenants,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 27, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol27/iss1/7
