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Mencken : The American Iconoclast.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (673 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198023661
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: MenckenDDC classification:
  • 818/.5209 B
LOC classification:
  • PS3525.E43Z79 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Boston, 1926 -- PART ONE: 1880-1914 -- 1. The Citizen of Baltimore -- 2. The Eternal Boy -- 3. August Mencken &amp -- Bro. -- 4. Baltimore and Beyond -- 5. Terse and Terrible Texts -- 6. Plays and Players -- 7. The Great Baltimore Fire -- 8. A Man of Ability -- 9. A Young Man in a Hurry -- 10. Broadening Horizons -- 11. The Bad Boy of Baltimore -- 12. Outside, Looking In -- PART TWO: 1914-1919 -- 13. The Holy Terror -- 14. Mencken, Nathan, and God -- 15. Round One! -- 16. Berlin, 1917 -- 17. The Prevailing Winds -- 18. Over Here -- 19. The Infernal Feminine -- PART THREE: 1920-1930 -- 20. The Dry Millenium Dawns -- 21. Of Politics and Prose -- 22. That Man in Baltimore -- 23. The Duel of Sex -- 24. Old Discord and New Alliances -- 25. The Scopes Trial -- 26. In the Crucible -- 27. Banned in Boston -- 28. The Great God Mencken -- 29. A Sentimental Journey -- 30. The German Valentino -- 31. The Sea of Matrimony -- 32. Variations on a Familiar Theme -- PART FOUR: 1930-1935 -- 33. The Tamed Ogre of Cathedral Street -- 34. Hard Times -- 35. "Happy Days Are Here Again" -- 36. Maryland, My Maryland -- 37. The Tune Changes -- 38. The Late Mr. Mencken -- 39. A Time to Be Wary -- 40. A Winter of Horror -- PART FIVE: 1936-1940 -- 41. Baltimore's Friendly Dragon -- 42. Mencken as Boss -- 43. Berlin, 1938 -- 44. Polemics and Prejudices -- 45. Triumph of Democracy -- PART SIX: 1941-1948 -- 46. The Weapon of Silence -- 47. On the Home Front -- 48. Mencken and the Guild -- 49. Friends and Relatives -- 50. The Man Who Hates Everything -- 51. The Great Upset of 1948 -- PART SEVEN: 1949-1956 -- 52. The Last Days -- Epilogue: The Passing of an Era -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Prologue: Boston, 1926 -- PART ONE: 1880-1914 -- 1. The Citizen of Baltimore -- 2. The Eternal Boy -- 3. August Mencken &amp -- Bro. -- 4. Baltimore and Beyond -- 5. Terse and Terrible Texts -- 6. Plays and Players -- 7. The Great Baltimore Fire -- 8. A Man of Ability -- 9. A Young Man in a Hurry -- 10. Broadening Horizons -- 11. The Bad Boy of Baltimore -- 12. Outside, Looking In -- PART TWO: 1914-1919 -- 13. The Holy Terror -- 14. Mencken, Nathan, and God -- 15. Round One! -- 16. Berlin, 1917 -- 17. The Prevailing Winds -- 18. Over Here -- 19. The Infernal Feminine -- PART THREE: 1920-1930 -- 20. The Dry Millenium Dawns -- 21. Of Politics and Prose -- 22. That Man in Baltimore -- 23. The Duel of Sex -- 24. Old Discord and New Alliances -- 25. The Scopes Trial -- 26. In the Crucible -- 27. Banned in Boston -- 28. The Great God Mencken -- 29. A Sentimental Journey -- 30. The German Valentino -- 31. The Sea of Matrimony -- 32. Variations on a Familiar Theme -- PART FOUR: 1930-1935 -- 33. The Tamed Ogre of Cathedral Street -- 34. Hard Times -- 35. "Happy Days Are Here Again" -- 36. Maryland, My Maryland -- 37. The Tune Changes -- 38. The Late Mr. Mencken -- 39. A Time to Be Wary -- 40. A Winter of Horror -- PART FIVE: 1936-1940 -- 41. Baltimore's Friendly Dragon -- 42. Mencken as Boss -- 43. Berlin, 1938 -- 44. Polemics and Prejudices -- 45. Triumph of Democracy -- PART SIX: 1941-1948 -- 46. The Weapon of Silence -- 47. On the Home Front -- 48. Mencken and the Guild -- 49. Friends and Relatives -- 50. The Man Who Hates Everything -- 51. The Great Upset of 1948 -- PART SEVEN: 1949-1956 -- 52. The Last Days -- Epilogue: The Passing of an Era -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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