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A Book of Prefaces
Contributor(s): Mencken, H. L. (Author)

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ISBN: 1722779810     ISBN-13: 9781722779818
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $13.30  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Education
- History | World - General
Dewey: 810.9
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.59 lbs) 194 pages
 
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A Book of Prefaces is H. L. Mencken's 1917 collection of essays criticizing American culture, authors, and movements. Mencken described the work as " My] most important book in its effects upon my professional career." In fact, the book was considered vitriolic enough that Mencken's close friend Alfred Knopf was concerned about publishing it because of the massive increase in patriotism during World War I in America. The book was short, a brief eighty pages divided into four essays. The four subjects included Theodore Dreiser, Joseph Conrad and James Gibbons Huneker. But perhaps the most important, and certainly the most outspoken essay was entitled "Puritanism as a Literary Force," during which he alleged that William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain were victims of the Puritan spirit.
 
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