Mencken: the american iconoclast
Auteur :
Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195331295
Date de publication :
27 sept. 2007
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,5 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
953 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this definitive and illuminating biography of Mencken the giant of American letters, we see the prominent role he played in the Scopes Monkey Trial, his crusade against Prohibition, battles against press censorship, exposure of pious frauds, and his role in defining the shape of American letters through magazines such as The American Mercury.