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Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A collection of abuse directed at H.L. Mencken by American newspapermen, members of the American Legion and others.
Menckeniana
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A collection of abuse directed at H.L. Mencken by American newspapermen, members of the American Legion and others.
H.L. Mencken
Author: Vincent FitzpatrickPublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865549210
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Over a career that spanned half of a century, Henry Louis Mencken published more than 10 million words. More than a million were written about him, many of which, Mencken liked to remark, were highly condemnatory. He was called, with good reason, the most powerful private citizen in America during the 1920s.This lively introduction to Mencken's life and work begins with a concise biographical portrait before proceeding to a consideration of the five major periods of the renowned Baltimorean's career: his literary apprenticeship; the growth of his national reputation; his fame and unprecedented popularity during the 1920s (when college students would flash the Paris-green cover of the American Mercury as a badge of sophistication); the decline of his reputation during the Depression; and his renewed popularity during the 1940s, with the publication of his autobiographical trilogy, the Days books. In discussing this varied career, Vincent Fitzpatrick touches upon all the roles that Mencken played: journalist; editor; redoubtable critic of literature, culture, and politics; philologist; and autobiographer. Drawing upon Mencken's extensive correspondence of more than 100,000 letters, the book stresses his unflagging belief in the need for free speech (up to the limits of common decency). Indeed, in the end Mencken proved a significant American civil libertarian.Iconoclast, critic, satirist, "individualist," H. L. Mencken offered unique insights into American life. His lifelong celebration of the freedom to dissent marks his most enduring contribution to a nation that gave him such a wealth of material and so much delight.
H.L. Mencken
Author: S. T. JoshiPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810869357
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Baltimore native Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an essayist, literary critic, magazine editor, novelist, and journalist. Starting as a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald at the turn of the century, Mencken eventually became associated with the Baltimore Sun and his work for the newspaper spanned five decades. In H.L. Mencken: An Annotated Bibliography, S.T. Joshi provides the most exhaustive and comprehensive bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken ever assembled. It presents detailed information on his book publications from 1903 to the present, with a full list of editions and reprints. Most significantly, it presents for the first time a comprehensive annotated listing of his magazine and newspaper work (including more than 1,500 anonymous editorials for the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Evening Sun, and other papers, which have never been listed in any previous bibliographies), a thorough index to his book reviews, and a full list of interviews Mencken gave during his lifetime. Word counts of nearly every item in the bibliography have been supplied, and the book has been thoroughly indexed by name, title, and periodical. Because every item has been annotated, scholars and students can, for the first time, gain an idea of the subject-matter of all Mencken's writings, especially his magazine and newspaper work. The indexes will allow users to locate any given item with ease. The chronological arrangement of each section allows users to understand the growth and development of Mencken's work, making this volume an invaluable resource.
The Mississippi Quarterly
Author: The American Humanities Index
Author: Stephen H. GoodePublisher:
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
Mississippi Quarterly
Author: H. L. M.
Author: Betty AdlerStaff Reporter - Enoch Pratt Free Library
Author: Enoch Pratt Free LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
Author: Modern Language Association of AmericaPublisher:
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Category : Languages, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 2358
Book Description
Vols. for 1969- include ACTFL annual bibliography of books and articles on pedagogy in foreign languages 1969-
Mencken
Author: Marion Elizabeth RodgersPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019533129X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Here is the definitive biography of Mencken, the most illuminating book ever published about this giant of American letters. We see the prominent role he played in the Scopes Monkey Trial, his long crusade against Prohibition, his fierce battles against press censorship, and his constant exposure of pious frauds and empty uplift. The champion of our tongue in The American Language, Mencken also played a pivotal role in defining the shape of American letters through The Smart Set and The American Mercury, magazines that introduced such writers as James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes.