| Author |
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 |
| Title |
Prejudices, fifth series
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| Original Publication |
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.
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| Contents |
Four moral causes: Birth control. Comstockery. Capital punishment. War -- Four makers of tales: Conrad. Hergesheimer. Lardner. Masters -- In memoriam: W.J.B. [William Jennings Bryan] -- The hills of Zion -- Beethoven -- Rondo on an ancient theme -- Protestantism in the Republic -- From the files of a book reviewer: Counter-offensive. Heretics. The grove of academe. The schoolma'm's goal. The heroic age. The woes of a 100% American. Yazoo's favorite. The father of service. A modern masterpiece. Sweet stuff -- The fringes of lovely letters: Authorship as a trade. Authors as persons. Birth pangs. Want ad. Literature and the schoolma'am. The critic and his job. Painting and its critics. Greenwich Village -- Essay in pedagogy -- On living in Baltimore -- The last New Englander -- The nation -- Officers and gentlemen -- Golden age -- Edgar Saltus -- Miscellaneous notes: Martyrs. The ancients. Jack Ketch as eugenist. Heroes. An historic blunder. On cynicism. Music and sin. The champion. Honor in America. Notes in the margin of a treatise on psychology. Definition -- Catechism.
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| Credits |
Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism
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| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism
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| Subject |
American essays -- 20th century
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
72510 |
| Release Date |
Dec 26, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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