Prejudices, First Series


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(4.6 stars; 4 reviews)

Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets in this volume (the first of six) are critics, H.G. Wells Thorstein Veblen, Arnold Bennett, William Dean Howells, Irvin S. Cobb. Mencken's critiques are delivered against a background of his own well known ethnic, racial, religious, and sectional prejudices. (It is said that the only thing Mencken loved about the Southern United States was his wife, who hailed from Alabama.) Not for the faint of heart, Mencken's prickly, yet unapologetic, prose reveals a window into American attitudes at the time they were written and their influences on the larger American culture. - Summary by DrPGould (7 hr 0 min)

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Criticism of Criticism of Criticism 18:55 Gelesen von DrPGould
The Late Mr. Wells 25:31 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
Arnold Bennett 30:39 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Dean 10:48 Gelesen von DrPGould
Professor Veblen 35:50 Gelesen von DrPGould
The New Poetry Movement 23:22 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
The Heir of Mark Twain 9:51 Gelesen von Karen Mallozzi
Hermann Sudermann 18:07 Gelesen von Shasta
George Ade 20:35 Gelesen von Shasta
The Butte Bashkirtseff 12:13 Gelesen von Shasta
Six Members of the Institute 29:01 Gelesen von DrPGould
The Genealogy of Etiquette 38:27 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The American Magazine 18:43 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Ulster Polonius 17:30 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
An Unheeded Law-Giver 8:52 Gelesen von Shasta
The Blushful Mystery 26:52 Gelesen von Shasta
George Jean Nathan 28:44 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
Portrait of an Immortal Soul 21:20 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
Jack London 7:08 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
Among the Avatars 11:26 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
Three American Immortals 7:00 Gelesen von Larry Wilson