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Prejudices

Prejudices

H. L. Mencken

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Cosimo
Año de edición:
2009
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Sociedad y cultura: general
ISBN:
9781605206226
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He was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, and the six collections of his essays and reviews published between 1919 and 1927 as his *Prejudices* are among his most entertaining reading.American satirist and critic HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956) believed that criticism rose to the level of art when it was used as a springboard for the critic’s own philosophizing on art and culture. In this Third Series of *Prejudices,* first published in 1922, he brings his unique-and uniquely witty-perspective to such essays as:• 'On Being an American'• 'Footnote on Criticism'• 'Das Kapital'• 'Star-Spangled Men'• 'The Poet and His Art'• 'The Nature of Liberty'• 'The Novel'• 'The Forward-Looker'• 'Types of Men'• 'The Dismal Science'• 'Matters of State'• 'Reflections on the Drama'• and more.

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