Diary of H.L. Mencken - Rilegato

Mencken, H. L.; Fecher, Charles A.

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ISBN 10: 039456877X ISBN 13: 9780394568775

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1989

Riassunto

Selections from Mencken's journals document his outspoken opinions of politicians and fellow writers and reveal his complex personality

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About H. L. Mencken

"If Mencken had never lived, it would have taken a whole army of assorted philosophers, monologists, editors and patrons of the new writing to make up for him. As it was, he not only rallied all the young writers together and imposed his skepticism upon the new generation, but also brought a new and uproarious gift for high comedy into a literature that had never been too quick to laugh."

Alfred Kazin

"Mencken came in like a lion. Like a revolutionary, overthrowing half the props that supported America's conception of itself -- and not merely its beliefs and moralities, but its peace of mind."

Louis kronenberger

"He was vastly underrated as a humorist with one deadly sensible eye on the behavior of the human animal. He was, in fact, a humorist by instinct and a superb craftsman by temperament."

Alistair Cooke

L'autore:

Henry L. Mencken was born in Baltimore in 1880 and died there in 1956. He began his long career as a journalist, critic, and philologist on the Baltimore Morning Herald in 1899. In 1906 he joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun, thus beginning an association which lasted until a few years before his death. He was co-editor of the Smart Set with George Jean Nathan from 1908 to 1923, and with Nathan he founded The American Mercury, of which he was sole editor from 1925 to 1933. He was the author of many books, most notably The American Language, Prejudices, Happy Days, Newspaper Days, Heathen Days, and Minority Report.

Charles A. Fecher was born in Baltimore in 1917 and lives there still. He is the author of The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain and Mencken: A Study of His Thought. He has written articles and reviews for

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 039456877X
• ISBN 13: 9780394568775
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1