H. L. Mencken, Literary Critic
Hardcover, Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1968. Second Printing. Good in Good dust jacket.
Sound binding and hinges. Previous owner's name on ffep and previous owner's initials written across text block page edges (visible when closed). Pages off-white with some passages underlined. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has light edge wear, shelf wear including scuffing. ; Study of American journalist, satirist, and cultural critic Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) with focus on his role as a literary critic. Contents: In the beginning. The sultry atmosphere. Moldings. First premise. Cultural credo. Criticism o criticism. Götterdämmerung. The American hydra. A trinity: the prof. drs., the humanists, and Dixie. The devil's advocate. Notes, index. ; 9.25" tall; 282 pages.
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