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Author | : H. L. Mencken |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2010-08-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1615920692 |
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No one ever argued more forcefully or with such acerbic wit against the foolish aspects of religion as H. L. Mencken (1880-1956). As a journalist, he gained national prominence through his newspaper columns describing the now-famous 1925 Scopes trial, which pitted Fundamentalists against a public school teacher who dared to teach evolution. But both before and after the Scopes trial, Mencken spent much of his career as a columnist and book reviewer lampooning the ignorant piety of gullible Americans.S. T. Joshi has brought together and organized many of Mencken''s writings on religion in this provocative and entertaining collection. The articles here presented demonstrate that Mencken canvassed the entire range of religious phenomena of his time, from evangelists Billy Sunday and Aime Semple McPherson, to Christian Scientists, and theosophists and spiritualists. On a more serious note are his discussions of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and the scientific worldview as a rival to religious belief. Also included are poignant autobiographical accounts of Mencken''s own upbringing and his core beliefs on religion, ethics, and politics.If anything was sacred to Mencken, it was the right to speak one''s mind freely, and many of his attacks are directed against those true believers who he felt tried to foist their beliefs on others to stifle independent thinking. For everyone who values freethought and sharp intelligence, this collection of articles by America''s premier iconoclast is a must.
Author | : Marion Elizabeth Rodgers |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 673 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 019533129X |
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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.
Author | : Hart, D. G. |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0802873448 |
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Recounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with Christianity H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author--and a famous American agnostic. From his role in the Scopes Trial to his advocacy of science and reason in public life, Mencken is generally regarded as one of the fiercest critics of Christianity in his day. In this biography D. G. Hart presents a provocative, iconoclastic perspective on Mencken's life. Even as Mencken vividly debunked American religious ideals, says Hart, it was Christianity that largely framed his ideas, career, and fame. Mencken's relationship to the Christian faith was at once antagonistic and symbiotic. Using plenty of Mencken's own words, Damning Words superbly portrays an influential figure in twentieth-century America and, at the same time, casts telling new light on his era.
Author | : Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | : Anchor Books |
Total Pages | : 707 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Newspapers |
ISBN | : 9780385262088 |
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A collection of the journalist's columns, on such topics as presidents, congressmen, publishers, food, music, sports, the American language, and movie stars
Author | : Hl Mencken |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781016043557 |
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : National Characteristics, American |
ISBN | : 082141531X |
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Famous as a political, social and cultural gadfly, journalist and essayist H.L. Mencken was unafraid to speak his mind on controversial topics and to express his views in a deliberately provocative manner. This is a collection of work previously only published in newspapers and magazines.
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Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Libertarianism |
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Author | : Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : H.L. Mencken |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2011-12-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307808882 |
Download My Life as Author and Editor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
H. L. Mencken stipulated that this memoir remain sealed in a vault for thirty-five years after his death. For good reason: My Life as Author and Editor is so telling and uproariously opinionated that is might have provoked a storm of libel suits. As he recounts his career as a critic, essayist, and editor of the ground-breaking magazine Smart Set, Mencken brings us face to face with the literary aristocracy of his day, from the dour womanizer Theodore Dreiser to F. Scott Fitzgerald, drowning his gifts in alcohol. Here, too, are the hacks, poseurs, and bohemian crackpots who flocked around them. Most of all, here is Mencken himself, defying censors and Prohibition agents with equal aplomb in an age when literature was a contact sport.
Author | : Henry Louis Mencken |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1974 |
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