H. L. MENCKEN. Six Book Collection the American Credo,the American Language, the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, a Book of Burlesques, a Book of Prefaces, Damn! a Book of Calumny
註釋 H. L. MENCKEN.Six Book CollectionThe American CredoThe American LanguageThe Philosophy Of Friedrich NietzscheA Book Of BurlesquesA Book Of PrefacesDamn! A Book Of CalumnyZona de los archivos adjuntosHenry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial", also gained him attention.As a scholar, Mencken is known for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States. As an admirer of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he was a detractor of religion, populism and representative democracy, which he believed to be a system in which inferior men dominated their superiors. Mencken was a supporter of scientific progress, skeptical of economic theories and critical of osteopathic and chiropractic medicine. 