Damning Words
The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken
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Word Count
69,750 words, Guess
Page Count
279 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedamningwordslife0000hart
- ISBN-100802873448
- ISBN-139780802873446
- Library of Congress Control Number2016024767
- OCLC Control Number946161217
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780802873446
- Open LibraryOL27706906M
Classifications
- LCCPS3525.E43 Z5823 2016
- LCCPS3525.E43Z5823 2016
Description
"H. L. Mencken (18801956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author -- and a famous American agnostic in the twentieth century. From his role in the Scopes Trial to his advocacy of science and reason in public life, Mencken is generally regarded as one of the fiercest critics of Christianity in his day. In this biography D. G. Hart presents a provocative, iconoclastic perspective on Mencken's life. Even as Mencken vividly debunked American religious ideals, says Hart, it was Christianity that largely framed his ideas, career, and fame. Mencken's relationship to the Christian faith was at once antagonistic and symbiotic. Peppered with juicy quotes from Mencken's huge body of work, Damning Words superbly portrays an influential figure in twentieth-century America and, at the same time, casts telling new light on the crucial period in which he lived." -- Amazon.com.
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