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Mencken's America

Author: H L Mencken; S T Joshi
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: H L Mencken; S T Joshi
ISBN: 082141531X 9780821415313 0821415328 9780821415320
OCLC Number: 52877500
Description: xx, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Prologue : On living in the United States -- The American : a treatise : The American ; The American : his morals ; The American : his language ; The American : his idea of beauty ; The American : his freedom ; The American : his new Puritanism -- The American landscape : Good old Baltimore ; Maryland : apex of normalcy ; The city of seven Sundays ; Along the Potomac ; San Francisco : a memory ; San Francisco ; New York -- American politics, morality, and religion : Meditation in E minor -- What ails the republic ; The American politician ; Religion in America : 1. Evangelical pastors ; 2. Church and state ; 3. The American religion ; The burden of credulity ; Notes on Negro strategy -- American art, literature, and culture : Puritanism as a literary force ; The American tradition ; The low-down on Hollywood ; Palmy days for authors -- Epilogue : Testament.
Responsibility: edited by S.T. Joshi.
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