S. T. Joshi is the author of H. L. Mencken: An Annotated Bibliography and editor of Mencken”s America, H. L. Mencken on Religion, and H. L. Mencken on American Literature. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
73 Ebooks by H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken: American Language
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H. L. Mencken: Little Book in C Major
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H. L. Mencken: In Defense of Women
American author, critic, newspaper man, and iconoclast, H. L. Mencken maintained that women are smarter than men and cited numerous examples of the female’s overwhelming skill and cunning to support …
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H. L. Mencken: Mencken on Mencken
‘Mencken weighs 172 pounds, is 5 feet 10 inches in height and not beautiful. His chief amusement, after reading, is piano-playing, this he does very crudely. He takes no exercise except walking and i …
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H. L. Mencken: A Saturnalia of Bunk
H. L. Mencken’s reputation as a journalist and cultural critic of the twentieth century has endured well into the twenty-first. His early contributions as a writer, however, are not very well known. …
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H. L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Not, of course, that Nietzsche threatens, today or in the near future, to make a grand conquest of Christendom, as Paul conquered, or the unknown Father of Republics. Far from it, indeed. Filtered …
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H. L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
When this attempt to summarize and interpret the principal ideas of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was first published, in the early part of 1908, several of his most important books were yet to be …
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H. L. Mencken: In Defense of Women
In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken’s 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand it as reactionary. While Mencken did not …
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H. L. Mencken: In Defense of Women
Introduction
As a professional critic of life and letters, my principal business in the world is that of manufacturing platitudes for tomorrow, which is to say, ideas so novel that they will be …
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H. L. Mencken: Mencken on Mencken
"Mencken weighs 172 pounds, is 5 feet 10 inches in height and not beautiful. His chief amusement, after reading, is piano-playing, this he does very crudely. He takes no exercise except walking …
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H. L. Mencken: Notes on Democracy
Democracy came into the Western World to the tune of sweet, soft music. There was, at the start, no harsh bawling from below there was only a dulcet twittering from above. Democratic man thus began …
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H.L. Mencken: American Credo, A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind
According to Wikipedia: ‘Henry Louis ‘H. L.’ Mencken (1880 – 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of …
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H. L. Mencken: In Defense of Women
Classic collection of satirical essays, including The Feminine Mind, The War Between the Sexes, Marriage, Woman Sufrage, and The New Age. The Introduction begins: ‘As a professional critic of life an …
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Anti-Christ
Tangle with one of the most astoundingly vexing minds that the Western philosophical canon has ever produced. In The Anti-Christ, Nietzsche first defined his concept of the will to power, the …
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Anti-Christ
Tangle with one of the most astoundingly vexing minds that the Western philosophical canon has ever produced. In The Anti-Christ, Nietzsche first defined his concept of the will to power, the …
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H. L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
The first book on Nietzsche ever to appear in English, this examination by legendary journalist H. L. Mencken is still one of the most enlightening. Mencken wrote this book while still in his 20s, …
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Anti-Christ
This is Nietzsche’s last book and a fitting capstone to his career. It’s succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an 8, …
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Friedrich Nietzsche: Anti-Christ
This is Nietzsche’s last book and a fitting capstone to his career. It’s succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an 8, …
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H. L. Mencken & Heinrich Spies: Die Amerikanische Sprache
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv …
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Friedrich Nietzsche & Friedrich Nietzsche: The Antichrist
Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, ‘Ecce Homo, ‘ ‘The Antichrist’ is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a statement of some of his most salient ideas …
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H. L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
The first book on Nietzsche ever to appear in English, this examination by legendary journalist H. L. Mencken is still one of the most enlightening. Mencken wrote this book while still in his 20s, …
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Jesse Angelo & John Avlon: Deadline Artists-Scandals, Tragedies & Triumphs
An anthology of newspaper columns from the 19th century to the present—“engaging eyewitness pieces [that] elicit admiration, wonder and gasps of surprise” (Kirkus Reviews). …
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H.L. Mencken: Friedrich Nietzsche
The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American journalist and social critic. However, Mencken’s 1908 study of the …
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H.L. Mencken: Friedrich Nietzsche
The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American journalist and social critic. However, Mencken’s 1908 study of the …
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H.L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
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H.L. …
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Willa Cather: A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays
This vintage book contains short stories, essays, articles and others writings by American author Willa Cather. Contents include: “On The Divide”, “Eric Hermannson’s Soul”, “The Sentimentality Of …
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Willa Cather: My Ãntonia
My Ántonia is a 1918 novel by American writer Willa Cather. The last book of her Great Plains trilogy, it is considered to be among her best works and proceeds O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. …
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Willa Cather: Youth and the Bright Medusa
“Youth and the Bright Medusa” is a 1920 collection of short stories by Willa Cather. The stories include: ‘Coming, Aphrodite!’, ‘The Diamond Mine’, ‘A Gold Slipper’, ‘Scandal’, ‘Paul’s Case’, ‘A …
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Willa Cather: Alexander’s Bridge
First published in 1912, “Alexander’s Bridge” is American author Willa Cather’s first novel. The story centers around Bartley Alexander, a famous engineer and bridge builder who is going through a …
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Willa Cather: O Pioneers!
Headstrong and iron-willed, Alexandra Bergson is devoted to securing success for her family. This novel captures what it meant to be an immigrant in twentieth-century America.
At a time when most i …
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Willa Cather: The Song of the Lark
First published in 1915, The Song of the Lark is a novel by American author Willa Cather. The second book of her Great Plains trilogy, it is the sequel to O Pioneers! (1913) and prequel to My Ántonia …
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Willa Cather: The Troll Garden and Selected Stories
“The Troll Garden – And Selected Stories” is a 1905 collection of short stories by American writer Willa Cather. They include: “On The Divide”, “Eric Hermannson’s Soul”, “The Enchanted Bluff”, “The …
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H.L. Mencken: A Book of Prefaces
This fourth printing of ‘A Book of Prefaces’ offers me temptation, as the third did, to revise the whole book, and particularly the chapters on Conrad, Dreiser and Huneker, all of whom have printed i …
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The Antichrist
The Antichrist is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich Köselitz del …
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Lucian & Jonathan Swift: Parody from Lucian to Mencken – 13 Classic Books
This file includes: The True History by Lucian, Gulliver’s Travels by Swift, Nightmare Abbey by Peacock, Droll Stories by Balzac, Burlesques by Thackeray, A Burlesque Autobiography by Twain, Condense …
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The Antichrist
Friedrich Nietzsche was an extremely popular 19th century German philosopher. Nietzsche wrote on a variety of topics including religion, morality, science, and modern culture. Many scho …
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Theodore Dreiser & H.L. Mencken: Dreiser-Mencken Letters, Volume 1
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press’s …
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Theodore Dreiser & H.L. Mencken: Dreiser-Mencken Letters, Volume 2
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press’s …
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H. L. Mencken: Notes on Democracy
The renowned satirist and author of The American Language presents a scathing critique of democracy, demagogues, and politicians of all kinds.H. L. Mencken was one of the greatest contrarian …
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H.L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
H. L. Mencken’s
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1908) was the first complete exposition of Nietzsche’s thought written in English. It provides a coherent and systematic picture of the …
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H.L. Mencken: Three Early Works (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
H. L. Mencken presents master styling in
A Book of Prefaces (1917),
Damn! (1918), and
The American Credo (1920).
Prefaces is a book of literary criticism containing the essays ‘Joseph Con …
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H.L. Mencken: In Defense of Women (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
Cynical quips like “Marriage: the end of hope” and “Wife: a former sweetheart” led critics to label
H. L. Mencken ‘the countrys high priest of woman-haters.’ Needless to say, his publication …
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H.L. Mencken: A Book of Burlesques (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Published in 1916, this collection of previously published short pieces by Mencken is typical of his scathing wit and pessimistic outlook. As a 1917 review in the Independent put it, ‘A Book …
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H.L. Mencken: George Bernard Shaw: His Plays (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
In this 1905 short work of criticism, one great satirical mind pays tribute to another. In addition to lively synopses and appreciations of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and the Man, The Devil’s D …
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H.L. Mencken: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
H. L. Mencken’s
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1908) was the first complete expos …
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H.L. Mencken: Three Early Works (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
H. L. Mencken presents master styling in
A Book of Prefaces (1917),
Damn! (1918), and …
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H.L. Mencken: In Defense of Women (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
Cynical quips like “Marriage: the end of hope” and “Wife: a former sweetheart” led critics …
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Willa Cather Cather: One of Ours
Willa Cather’s profound Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is an almost serene World War I story. One of Ours captures the inner depths of ordinary people and delves into their everyday thoughts and lives. …
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Willa Cather Cather: The Great Plains Collection – Three Volumes in One
It’s nearing the end of the nineteenth century, and prairie life in the Great Plains of America is harsh and unforgiving. Willa Cather’s writing effortlessly captures the hearts and minds of immigran …
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Willa Cather Cather: The Professor’s HouseÂ
How do we continue with life when we no longer have anything to look forward to? Willa Cather ponders the time-old question in this short, intense novel.
Professor Godfrey St. Peter leads a success …
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Willa Cather Cather: A Lost Lady
From one of the greatest minds of twentieth-century American literature, Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady follows the steady downfall of a popular socialite, mirroring the decline of the idealised pioneeri …
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Willa Cather Cather: Under Far Horizons – Selected Poetry of Willa Cather
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author of O Pioneers! (1913) comes this collection of poetry, published between 1892 and 1933. Willa Cather experiments in style and theme, with many of h …
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Alistair Cooke & H. L. Mencken: Vintage Mencken
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high …
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H. L. Mencken: In Defense of Women
Crackling with controversy and sarcastic sense, In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken's disrespectful look at the connection between the genders. Despite the fact that Mencken didn't support …
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H. L. Mencken: In Defense Of Women
The 1918 book In Defense of Women by H. L. Mencken discusses women and how the sexes interact. The book has received both progressive and reactionary reviews. Mencken did not advocate for …
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Illustrated
‘My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent …
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H. L. Mencken: Prejudices First Series
H. L. Mencken, an American writer and cultural critic, put together a book of essays called Prejudices: First Series. The book is split into two parts. The first part talks about politics, …
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H. L. Mencken: Notes on Democracy (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Notes on Democracy by enormously influential journalist and cultural critic H. L. Mencken is an incisive and astonishingly timely critique of democracy. Mencken is not …
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H. L. Mencken & George Jean Nathan: THE SMART SET CONVERSATIONS
The Smart Set Conversations
H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan
On the eve of the First World War, two iconoclastic young journalists, H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, were offered the co …
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