Mencken : the American iconoclast /
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A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H.L. Mencken stands out as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts - the twentieth century's greatest newspaper journalist, a famous wit, and a constant figure of controversy. Marion Elizabeth Rodgers has written the definitive biography of Mencken, the most illuminating book ever published about this giant of American letters. Rodgers captures both the public and the private man, covering the many love affairs that made him known as "The German Valentino" and his happy marriage at the age of 50 to Sara Haardt, who, despite a fatal illness, refused to become a victim and earned his deepest love. The book discusses his friendships, especially his complicated but stimulating partnership with the famed theater critic George Jean Nathan. Rodgers vividly recreates Mencken's era: the glittering tapestry of turn-of-the-century America, the roaring twenties, depressed thirties, and the home front during World War II. But the heart of the book is Mencken. When few dared to shatter complacencies, Mencken fought for civil liberties and free speech. We see the prominent role he played in the Scopes Monkey Trial, his long crusade against Prohibition, his fierce battles against press censorship, and his constant exposure of pious frauds and empty uplift. The champion of our tongue in The American Language, Mencken also played a pivotal role in defining the shape of American letters through The Smart Set and The American Mercury, magazines that introduced such writers as James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes.
The paradoxes of Mencken's life are explored, as new gaps are filled regarding his notorious views of minorities and his conflict, as a German American, during two world wars. And throughout, Rodgers captures the irrepressible spirit and irreverent wit for which Mencken was famed. Drawing on research in more than sixty archives including private collections in the United States and in Germany, previously unseen, on exclusive interviews with Mencken's friends, and on his love letters and FBI files, here is the full portrait of one of America's most colorful and influential men. - Dust jacket.
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Prologue: Boston, 1926 p. 1
1880-1914 p. 11
The Citizen of Baltimore p. 13
The Eternal Boy p. 32
August Mencken & Bro. p. 41
Baltimore and Beyond p. 54
Terse and Terrible Texts p. 62
Plays and Players p. 70
The Great Baltimore Fire p. 80
A Man of Ability p. 94
A Young Man in a Hurry p. 102
Broadening Horizons p. 113
The Bad Boy of Baltimore p. 121
Outside, Looking In p. 131
1914-1919 p. 139
The Holy Terror p. 141
Mencken, Nathan, and God p. 145
Round One! p. 152
Berlin, 1917 p. 162
The Prevailing Winds p. 175
Over Here p. 190
The Infernal Feminine p. 200
1920-1930 p. 209
The Dry Millenium Dawns p. 211
Of Politics and Prose p. 221
That Man in Baltimore p. 229
The Duel of Sex p. 241
Old Discord and New Alliances p. 256
The Scopes Trial p. 271
In the Crucible p. 295
Banned in Boston p. 300
The Great God Mencken p. 306
A Sentimental Journey p. 316
The German Valentino p. 325
The Sea of Matrimony p. 340
Variations on a Familiar Theme p. 351
1930-1935 p. 357
The Tamed Ogre of Cathedral Street p. 359
Hard Times p. 371
"Happy Days Are Here Again" p. 379
Maryland, My Maryland p. 387
The Tune Changes p. 393
The Late Mr. Mencken p. 399
A Time to Be Wary p. 406
A Winter of Horror p. 414
1936-1940 p. 425
Baltimore's Friendly Dragon p. 427
Mencken as Boss p. 437
Berlin, 1938 p. 448
Polemics and Prejudices p. 456
Triumph of Democracy p. 464
1941-1948 p. 471
The Weapon of Silence p. 473
On the Home Front p. 479
Mencken and the Guild p. 486
Friends and Relatives p. 493
The Man Who Hates Everything p. 505
The Great Upset of 1948 p. 516
1949-1956 p. 529
The Last Days p. 531
Epilogue: The Passing of an Era p. 547
Acknowledgments p. 554
Notes p. 559
Bibliography p. 634
Index p. 648
1880-1914 p. 11
The Citizen of Baltimore p. 13
The Eternal Boy p. 32
August Mencken & Bro. p. 41
Baltimore and Beyond p. 54
Terse and Terrible Texts p. 62
Plays and Players p. 70
The Great Baltimore Fire p. 80
A Man of Ability p. 94
A Young Man in a Hurry p. 102
Broadening Horizons p. 113
The Bad Boy of Baltimore p. 121
Outside, Looking In p. 131
1914-1919 p. 139
The Holy Terror p. 141
Mencken, Nathan, and God p. 145
Round One! p. 152
Berlin, 1917 p. 162
The Prevailing Winds p. 175
Over Here p. 190
The Infernal Feminine p. 200
1920-1930 p. 209
The Dry Millenium Dawns p. 211
Of Politics and Prose p. 221
That Man in Baltimore p. 229
The Duel of Sex p. 241
Old Discord and New Alliances p. 256
The Scopes Trial p. 271
In the Crucible p. 295
Banned in Boston p. 300
The Great God Mencken p. 306
A Sentimental Journey p. 316
The German Valentino p. 325
The Sea of Matrimony p. 340
Variations on a Familiar Theme p. 351
1930-1935 p. 357
The Tamed Ogre of Cathedral Street p. 359
Hard Times p. 371
"Happy Days Are Here Again" p. 379
Maryland, My Maryland p. 387
The Tune Changes p. 393
The Late Mr. Mencken p. 399
A Time to Be Wary p. 406
A Winter of Horror p. 414
1936-1940 p. 425
Baltimore's Friendly Dragon p. 427
Mencken as Boss p. 437
Berlin, 1938 p. 448
Polemics and Prejudices p. 456
Triumph of Democracy p. 464
1941-1948 p. 471
The Weapon of Silence p. 473
On the Home Front p. 479
Mencken and the Guild p. 486
Friends and Relatives p. 493
The Man Who Hates Everything p. 505
The Great Upset of 1948 p. 516
1949-1956 p. 529
The Last Days p. 531
Epilogue: The Passing of an Era p. 547
Acknowledgments p. 554
Notes p. 559
Bibliography p. 634
Index p. 648
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