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H. L. Mencken

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As a journalist, Henry Louis (H. L.) Mencken had little work during World War I because of his pro-German sympathies. To stay busy, he explored a subject that fascinated him: the evolution of American English from British English. The result, The American Language, was published in 1919. Mencken began working on the book in 1910, while still working for the Baltimore Sun. After the book's publication, Mencken received additional material from people all over the...

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H. L. Mencken Biographies (6)

Henry Louis Mencken

754 words, approx. 3 pages

Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an American journalist, editor, critic, and philologist. Though he was not a distinguished stylist, the extraordinary vigor of his expression was memorable.The firs... Read more

H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken

3,917 words, approx. 14 pages

Of German-American descent, Henry Louis Mencken was born on 12 September 1880, in Baltimore, Maryland, where he lived all his life, most of it in the same house. His prosperous, conservative family w... Read more

H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken

9,061 words, approx. 31 pages

During his lifetime H. L. Mencken was called the Great Iconoclast and the Sage of Baltimore, appellations he gained because of his journalistic writing in newspapers and magazines. However, his contri... Read more

H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken

7,969 words, approx. 27 pages

Although he was for nearly two decades America's most powerful and influential literary critic, having become in the early 1920s the first (and, for that matter, last) literary dictator, H. L. Mencken... Read more

H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken

14,476 words, approx. 49 pages

During a career that encompassed several roles and lasted for nearly fifty years, Henry Louis Mencken was above all else a libertarian. He saw freedom of speech as the most valuable attribute of any s... Read more

Henry Louis Mencken

9,668 words, approx. 33 pages

Biography EssayDuring his lifetime H. L. Mencken was called the Great Iconoclast and the Sage of Baltimore, appellations he gained because of his journalistic writing in newspapers and magazines. Howe... Read more

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