Mencken's America

by Mencken, H. L.; Joshi, S. T.; Joshi, S. T.

• ISBN13: 9780821415313
• ISBN10: 082141531X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-23
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
A Note on This Edition	xix
Prologue: On Living in the United States	1	(6)
The American: A Treatise	7	(64)
The American	7	(10)
The American: His Morals	17	(11)
The American: His Language	28	(11)
The American: His Ideas of Beauty	39	(10)
The American: His Freedom	49	(10)
The American: His New Puritanism	59	(12)
The American Landscape	71	(42)
Good Old Baltimore	71	(9)
Maryland: Apex of Normalcy	80	(6)
The City of Seven Sundays	86	(10)
Along the Potomac	96	(4)
San Francisco: A Memory	100	(3)
San Francisco	103	(3)
New York	106	(7)
American Politics, Morality, and Religion	113	(34)
Meditation in E Minor	113	(3)
What Ails the Republic	116	(3)
The American Politician	119	(10)
Religion in America	129	(11)
Evangelical Pastors	129	(4)
Church and State	133	(3)
The American Religion	136	(4)
The Burden of Credulity	140	(3)
Notes on Negro Strategy	143	(4)
American Art, Literature, and Culture	147	(38)
Puritanism as a Literary Force	147	(22)
The American Tradition	169	(5)
The Low-Down on Hollywood	174	(6)
Palmy Days for Authors	180	(5)
Epilogue: Testament	185	(6)
Notes	191	(12)
Glossary of Names	203	(32)
Sources	235	(2)
Index	237