Mencken Chrestomathy
Author: H.L. Mencken
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780307808875
Category: Literary Collections
Page: 656
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Language: en
Pages: 654
Pages: 654
The famous American journalist's selections from his writings reflect his witty interpretations of humanity, government, and a variety of other topics
Language: en
Pages: 656
Pages: 656
Edited and annotated by H.L.M., this is a selection from his out-of-print writings. They come mostly from books—the six installments of the Prejudices series, A Book of Burlesques, In Defense of Women, Notes on Democracy, Making a President, A Book of Calumny, Treatise on Right and Wrong—but there are also
Language: en
Pages: 656
Pages: 656
Before there was any such thing as political correctness, H. L. Mencken was flouting it. He was also cheerfully deriding the precursors of family values and lambasting the guardians of public virtue. This historic new collection is further evidence that Mencken was our most astute, stylish, and biliously funny commentator
Language: en
Pages: 626
Pages: 626
In my title I revive the word chrestomathy in its true sense of 'a collection of choice passages from an author or authors, ' and ignore the late edition of 'especially one complied to assist in the acquirement of a language.' In the latter significance the term is often used
Language: en
Pages: 183
Pages: 183
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
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