Mencken: the American iconoclast
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| adam_text | zTl. towering figure on the American
cultural landscape,
one of ©Tar most influential stylists aad fearless
iconoclasts—the twentieth century s greatest
newspaper journalist, a famous wit, and a con-
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
definitive
illuminating book ever published about this
giant of American letters. Rodgers capttares
both the pubic aad the private man, covering
ehe
as The German Valentino and his happy
marriage at the age of
who, despite a fatal illness, refused to become a
victim and earned his deepest love. The book
discusses his friendships, especially his compli¬
cated but stimulating partnership with the
famed theater critic George
Rodgers vividly recieates Mencken s eras the
gteering tapestry of
ica, the roaring twenties, depressed thirties, amd
the home front
heart of the
to shatter complacencies, Mencken fought lor
civil Mberties and fee speech. We see the promi¬
nent
his long crusade against Prohibition, his fierce
battles against press censorship, and his con¬
stant exposure of piews frauds and
The champion ©f our tongue in The American
Language, Mencken also played a pivotal role in
defining the s&ape of American letters through
The Smart Set and The American Mercury, maga¬
zines that «atroduCed readers t© such writers as
James Joyce, F. Scot t Fitzgerald1, and Langston
Hughes, The paradoxes ©f Mencken s life are
explored, as new gaps are filled regarding his
notorious views
a German American, during two world wars.
And throughout, Rodgers captures the irre¬
pressible spirit and irreverent wit for which
Mencken was famed,^^
Drawing ©m research in
archives
United States and in Germany, previously
unseen, on exclusive interviews with Menckemfs
friends, and on his love letters and FBI
here is the fall portrait of
colorful and influential
CONTENTS
Prologue: Boston,
PART ONE:
1.
2.
5.
4.
__ _ ._. __ __ •
5.
6.
7.
&
p. A Young Man in a Hurry
10.
zi.
12.
PARTTWO: 1914-1919 i39
13.
14.
i$. Round One! I52
162
rj. the Prevailing
18.
19.
PARTTHREE: 1920-1930
20.
21. Of Politics and Prose
22.
25.
24.
25.
26
27.
2& The Great God Mencken
ap. A Sentimental Journey
50.
31.
52.
PARTFOUR: i93°-i935
_j^[. HardTimes
2 5.
¿& Maryland, My Maryland
57.
3& The Late Mr. Mencken
39.
40.
PART FIVE:
427
42.
^5.
.ff Polemics and Prejudices
.f?.
PART SIX: 1941-1948
473
7.
Contents ix
48.
49.
50.
51.
PM.TSEVEN: 1949-1956
j2. the Last Days
Epilogue: The Passing (fan Era
Acknowledgments
M»
BMography
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zTl. towering figure on the American
cultural landscape,
one of ©Tar most influential stylists aad fearless
iconoclasts—the twentieth century's greatest
newspaper journalist, a famous wit, and a con-
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
definitive
illuminating book ever published about this
giant of American letters. Rodgers capttares
both the pubic aad the private man, covering
ehe
as "The German Valentino" and his happy
marriage at the age of
who, despite a fatal illness, refused to become a
victim and earned his deepest love. The book
discusses his friendships, especially his compli¬
cated but stimulating partnership with the
famed theater critic George
Rodgers vividly recieates Mencken's eras the
gteering tapestry of
ica, the roaring twenties, depressed thirties, amd
the home front
heart of the
to shatter complacencies, Mencken fought lor
civil Mberties and fee speech. We see the promi¬
nent
his long crusade against Prohibition, his fierce
battles against press censorship, and his con¬
stant exposure of piews frauds and
The champion ©f our tongue in The American
Language, Mencken also played a pivotal role in
defining the s&ape of American letters through
The Smart Set and The American Mercury, maga¬
zines that «atroduCed readers t©' such writers as
James Joyce, F. Scot't Fitzgerald1, and Langston
Hughes, The paradoxes ©f Mencken's life are
explored, as new gaps are filled regarding his
notorious views
a German American, during 'two world wars.
And throughout, Rodgers captures the irre¬
pressible spirit and irreverent wit for which
Mencken was famed,^^
Drawing ©m research in
archives
United States and in Germany, previously
unseen, on exclusive interviews with Menckemfs
friends, and on his love letters and FBI
here is the fall portrait of
colorful and influential
CONTENTS
Prologue: Boston,
PART ONE:
1.
2.
5.
4.
_ _ ._. _ _ •
5.
6.
7.
&
p. A Young Man in a Hurry
10.
zi.
12.
PARTTWO: 1914-1919 i39
13.
14.
i$. Round One! I52
162
rj. the Prevailing
18.
19.
PARTTHREE: 1920-1930
20.
21. Of Politics and Prose
22.
25.
24.
25.
26
27.
2& The Great God Mencken
ap. A Sentimental Journey
50.
31.
52.
PARTFOUR: i93°-i935
_j^[. HardTimes
2 5.
¿& Maryland, My Maryland
57.
3& The Late Mr. Mencken
39.
40.
PART FIVE:
427
42.
^5.
.ff Polemics and Prejudices
.f?.
PART SIX: 1941-1948
473
7.
Contents ix
48.
49.
50.
51.
PM.TSEVEN: 1949-1956
j2. the Last Days
Epilogue: The Passing (fan Era
Acknowledgments
M»
BMography
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