Welcome the long overdue re-release of Mencken's continual war against conventional thinking.
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Not for the buncombe set...,
This review is from: H.L. Mencken's Smart Set Criticism (Paperback)
If not for Mencken's absurd racial theories (sadly common at that time)hovering in the background, this would get five stars. Conversely, there are many witty, incisive aspects to his criticism on display in Smart Set, which is also richly represented in the more comprehensive Mencken Chrestomathy. Smart Set is an interesting historical document. Unfortunately, many of his political criticisms remain applicable to today's buncombe peddlers. He was not afraid to challenge the establishment of his time. Availability of an unabridged dictionary, along with a sense of humor, adds to the enrichment.
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The two pieces that follow are used as an introduction to all that Mencken wrote on literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, United States, Mark Twain, Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness, Jennie Gerhardt, New England, Sister Carrie, Van Vechten, Billy Sunday, George Moore, Almayer's Folly, Miss Cather, Oscar Wilde, Richard Strauss, George Bernard Shaw, Los Angeles, Main Street, Henry James, Lewis Rand, Under Western Eyes, Frank Norris, Havelock Ellis New!
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The two pieces that follow are used as an introduction to all that Mencken wrote on literature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national letters, greater artist Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Mark Twain, Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness, Jennie Gerhardt, New England, Sister Carrie, Van Vechten, Billy Sunday, George Moore, Almayer's Folly, Miss Cather, Oscar Wilde, Richard Strauss, George Bernard Shaw, Los Angeles, Main Street, Henry James, Lewis Rand, Under Western Eyes, Frank Norris, Havelock Ellis New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Lord Jim (Oxford Bookworms) by Joseph Conrad on 16 pages
- Jennie Gerhardt (The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition) by Theodore Dreiser on 10 pages
- Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions) by Joseph Conrad on 10 pages
- Man and Superman (Bernard Shaw Library) by George Bernard Shaw on 7 pages
- Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw on 7 pages
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