H.L. Mencken : Prejudices, first, second, and third series.
| Author/creator | Mencken, H. L. |
| Other author | Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Library of America, 2010. |
| Description | xii, 610 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Prejudices. Selections |
| Variant title | H.L Mencken, Prejudices, first, second, and third series |
| Portion of title | Prejudices, first, second, and third series |
| Series | The Library of America ; 206 Library of America ; 206. ^A515081 |
| Contents | First series. Criticism of criticism of criticism -- The late Mr. Wells -- Arnold Bennett -- The dean -- Professor Veblen -- The new poetry movement -- The heir of Mark Twain -- Hermann Sudermann -- George Ade -- The Butte Bashkirtseff -- Six members of the Institute : The Boudoir Balzac ; A stranger on Parnassus ; A merchant of mush ; The last of the Victorians ; A bad novelist ; A Broadway Brandes -- The genealogy of etiquette -- The American Magazine -- The Ulster Polonius -- The unheeded law-giver -- The blushful mystery : Sex hygiene ; Art and sex ; A loss to romance ; Sex on the stage -- George Jean Nathan -- Portrait of an immortal soul -- Jack London -- Among the avatars -- Three American immortals : Aristotelean obsequies ; Edgar Allan Poe ; Memorial service. |
| Contents | Second series. The National letters : Prophets and their visions ; The answering fact ; The Ashes of New England ; The ferment underground ; In the literary abattoir ; Underlying causes ; The lonesome artist ; The cultural background ; Under the campus pump ; The intolerable burden ; Epilogue -- Roosevelt : an autopsy -- The Sahara of the Bozart -- The Divine Afflatus -- Scientific examination of a popular virtue -- Exeunt Omnes -- The allied arts : On music-lovers ; Opera ; The music of to-morrow ; Tempo di Valse ; The Puritan as artist ; The human face ; The cerebral mime -- The cult of hope -- The dry millennium : The Holy War ; The lure of Babylon ; Cupid and well-water ; The triumph of idealism -- Appendix on a tender theme : The nature of love ; The incomparable buzzsaw ; Women as spectacles ; Woman and the artist ; Martyrs ; The burnt child ; The supreme comedy ; A hidden cause ; Bad workmanship. |
| Contents | Third series. On being an American -- Huneker : a memory -- Footnote on criticism -- Das Kapital -- Ad Imaginem Dei Creavit Illum : The life of man ; The anthropomorphic delusion ; Meditation on meditation ; Man and his soul ; Coda -- Star-spangled men -- The poet and his art -- Five men at random : Abraham Lincoln ; Paul Elmer More ; Madison Cawein ; Frank Harris ; Havelock Ellis -- The nature of liberty -- The novel -- The forward-looker -- Memorial service -- Education -- Types of men : The romantic ; The skeptic ; The believer ; The worker ; The physician ; The scientist ; The business man ; The king ; The average man ; The truth-seeker ; The pacifist ; The relative ; The friend -- The dismal science -- Matters of state : Le Contrat Social ; On minorities -- Reflections on the drama -- Advice to young men : To him that hath ; The venerable examined ; Duty ; Martyrs ; The disabled veteran ; Patriotism -- Suite Américaine : Aspiration ; Virtue ; Eminence -- Appendix: from My life as author and editor. |
| General note | "Marion Elizabeth Rodgers wrote the chronology and notes for this volume"--P. [v]. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-591) and index. |
| Original version | Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1919-1927, under title: Prejudices. |
| LCCN | 2010924448 |
| ISBN | 9781598530742 |
| ISBN | 1598530747 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3525.E43 P8 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |