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1) Mencken: The American Iconoclast: The Life and Times of the Bad Boy of Baltimore

Author

Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth

Language

English

Formats

Book on CD, eAudiobook

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A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H. L. Mencken stands out as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts, the twentieth century's greatest newspaper journalist, a famous wit, and a constant figure of controversy. He fought for civil liberties and free speech when few others would, yet he held paradoxical views of minorities and was conflicted as a German-American during the two world wars. Marion Rodgers frames...

2) Mencken: the American iconoclast

Author

Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

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Chronicles the life of H.L. Mencken, one of the twentieth century's most influential newspaper journalists, discussing his childhood, schooling, personal relationships, career achievements, and other related topics.

3) H. L. Mencken: Prejudices, fourth, fifth, and sixth series

Author

Mencken, H. L

Publisher

The Library of America

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

4) The impossible H.L. Mencken: a selection of his best newspaper stories

Author

Mencken, H. L

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

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This carefully edited anthology captures Mencken at his best by concentrating on his newspaper work. Showcased is the curmudgeonly Mencken, in love with the American (as opposed to the English) language and with a pen as poisonous as an adder. With his cynicism and sharp tongue, Mencken has a remarkably modern sensibility and the power to deflate the pompous with one artfully turned phrase. A large section of the book is devoted to his stories about...