Mencken: A Life
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (899 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0394563298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 85 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Knopf. L. Hobson ( Serpent in Eden: H. His turbulent friendship with Theodore Dreiser threads its way through the biography as does his long and mutually profitable relationship with his publisher Alfred A. Hobson readily admits Mencken's anti-Semitism yet discusses it alongside his frequent aid to fellow writers of every religion and race. Photos not seen by PW. . Mencken chronicled his own life so fully in Prejudices and in his autobiographical trilogy that this enormous biography seems almost gratuitous, but it places Mencken firmly in his times and among his circle in a broader context than do his own caustic reflections. No matter how much one may admire Mencken's witty prose and his excoriation of society's foibles, it is hard to feel affection for this hypocondriacal curmudg
Viva Mencken! Sonne Nowicki As a fan of H.L. Mencken--and perhaps one of the few people under thirty who has read "The American Language," "Treatise on the Gods," "Heliogabalus" and all five volumes of "Prejudices"--I am shocked and appalled at the lack of respect paid the great author by his biographer. Mr. Hobson didn't seem to undertake the arduous task of writing a biography on his subject due to a sincere respect or enthusiasm; rather, he seems to have been . Mencken Mania A Customer Despite some boring passages, Fred Hobson provides a generally interesting and thorough portrait of the original cynic, H.L.Mencken. The book addresses many issues of racism and anti semitism on Mencken's part fairly and openly. The novel is excellently written. I would have preferred more information on the Scope's Trial in relation to Mencken because my interest in Mencken was sparked when reading Inherit the Wind by Laurence and lee. Keith Otis Edwards said Mencken: An Autopsy. A reverie of mine is to imagine that if I had been born a generation or two later, I'd have become a hacker. In temulence, this fantasy takes the specific form of intercepting a news feed, blocking the audio portion (which is on the FM spectrum -- see, I'm still plotting), and when the President or one of his opponents mounts the podium, instead of his voice being broadcast, I begin reading, in Mencken's voice (which, cured by years of
L. 20,000 first printing. Tour.. Mencken and the South offers a candid portrait of the American literary legend. Using material available for the first time--including letters, diaries, and personal papers--the author of Serpent in Eden: H