Mencken's continual war against conventional thinking comes through on every page of this collection of his best and most provocative criticism.
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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 Smart Set is an interesting historical document.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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New York, United States, Mark Twain, Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, Huckleberry Finn, Jennie Gerhardt, Heart of Darkness, New England, Sister Carrie, Van Vechten, Almayer's Folly, Billy Sunday, George Moore, 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 - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Mark Twain, Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, Huckleberry Finn, Jennie Gerhardt, Heart of Darkness, New England, Sister Carrie, Van Vechten, Almayer's Folly, Billy Sunday, George Moore, 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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- Jennie Gerhardt (The University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition) by Theodore Dreiser on 10 pages
- Sister Carrie (Signet Classics) by Theodore Dreiser on 9 pages
- The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy ... of the Sorrows (Oxford World's Classics) by J. M. Synge on 6 pages
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Oscar Wilde on 5 pages
- The Playboy Of The Western World by John M. Synge on 4 pages
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