Prejudices, Second Series
by H. L. Mencken
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Title
- Prejudices, second series
- Credits
- Marc D’Hooghe
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- American essays -- 20th century
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 53467
- Release Date
- November 7, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PREJUDICES
- 2.H. L. MENCKEN — PREJUDICES: SECOND SERIES — I. THE NATIONAL LETTERS — 1 — Prophets and Their Visions — 2 — The Answering Fact — 3 — The Ashes of New England — 4 — The Ferment Underground — 5 — In the Literary Abattoir — 6 — Underlying Causes — 7 — The Lonesome Artist — 8 — The Cultural Background — 9 — Under the Campus Pump — 10 — The Intolerable Burden — 11 — Epilogue — II. ROOSEVELT: AN AUTOPSY — III. THE SAHARA OF THE BOZART — IV. THE DIVINE AFFLATUS — V. SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF A POPULAR VIRTUE — VI. EXEUNT OMNES — VII. THE ALLIED ARTS — 1 — On Music-Lovers — 2 — Opera — 3 — The Music of To-morrow — 4 — Tempo di Valse — 5 — The Puritan as Artist — 6 — The Human Face — 7 — The Cerebral Mime — VIII. THE CULT OF HOPE — IX. THE DRY MILLENNIUM — 1 — The Holy War — 2 — The Lure of Babylon — 3 — Cupid and Well-Water — 4 — The Triumph of Idealism — X. APPENDIX ON A TENDER THEME — 1 — The Nature of Love — 2 — The Incomparable Buzzsaw — 3 — Women as Spectacles — 4 — Woman and the Artist — 5 — Martyrs — 6 — The Burnt Child — 7 — 8 — A Hidden Cause — 9 — Bad Workmanship
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.