H.L. Mencken：Prejudices: The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Series

图书标准信息

• 作者 H.L. Mencken 著；Marion Rodgers 编
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2010-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781598530759
• 定价 249.20元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 656页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

H.L.Menckenwasthemostprovocativeandinfluentialjournalistandculturalcriticintwentieth-centuryAmerica.Inthisvolumeandacompanion,TheLibraryofAmericapresentsallsixseriesofPrejudices(1919–1927),theiconoclasticcollectionsthathelpedblastAmericanliteratureoutofitscomplacencyandintoanewageoffranknessandmaturity.Thefantasticlinguisticinventiveness,full-bodiedhumor,andunwaveringlyfiercecourageofhisjournalismmadehimaliberatingforceforhiscontemporaries.ThefinalthreeseriesshowMenckenathislaceratingbest,takingontargetsfromreligiousfundamentalismtothedismalstateofhighereducation.Includedaresuchfamousessaysas"TheHillsofZion,"hisreportonthelocalatmospheresurroundingtheScopestrialin1925;"InMemoriam:W.J.B.,"hisrelentlesspostmortemonWilliamJenningsBryan;"TheFringesofLovelyLetters,"ahilariousdelineationofthelowerandouterreachesoftheliteraryworld;"Comstockery,"adevastatingaccountoftheanti-obscenitycrusaderAnthonyComstock("Agoodwoman,tohim,wassimplyonewhowasefficientlypoliced");and"OnLivinginBaltimore,"acelebrationofhisbelovednativecity.Menckenwasamanofstrongenthusiasmsandevenstrongerantipathies,expressedinaprosestylethatmarshaledalltheresourcesoftheAmericanlanguageinarichblendofcomicinventionandsarcasticfury.ToreadPrejudicesistoembarkonanexplorationofmanycuriousbywaysofAmericancultureinamomentoftumultuousandoftencombativetransition.Menckennevershiedfromcombat,andthecouragewithwhichheconfrontedtheentrenchedtruismsandhypocrisiesofhistimemadehimauniquelyliberatingforceinAmericanletters.