| Author |
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 |
| Title |
Prejudices, first series
|
| Contents |
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.
|
| Credits |
E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
|
| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
|
| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism
|
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism
|
| Subject |
American essays -- 20th century
|
| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
53538 |
| Release Date |
Nov 16, 2016 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jun 13, 2020 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
205 downloads in the last 30 days. |
|
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!
|
