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The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is
readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American
journalist and social critic. However, Mencken's 1908 study of the
philosopher has been relegated to footnote status by Mencken's
critics and biographers and has been largely ignored by Nietzsche
scholars. There are good reasons for reversing this judgment.
Mencken's work was one of the first comprehensive and sympathetic
treatments of Nietzsche's thought in the English language. It is a
provocative engagement with the German philosopher's complex and
elusive ideas, enhanced by a style that reverberates with a verve
and dynamism approaching Nietzsche's own. Mencken presents a view
of Nietzsche that elucidates the latter's complex and contentious
form of the "gospel of individualism" while evincing a keen
appreciation of his unrivalled capacity for critical analysis. The
historical scope of Nietzsche's thought is fully evident in
Mencken's analysis as is its application to modern societies and
politics. In tracing the biographical and intellectual impetus for
Nietzsche's relentless attacks on conventional moralities and
established modes of thought, Mencken discerned both an ideal and a
method for grappling with social and cultural issues that remain
salient in our own time.
The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is
readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American
journalist and social critic. However, Mencken's 1908 study of the
philosopher has been relegated to footnote status by Mencken's
critics and biographers and has been largely ignored by Nietzsche
scholars. There are good reasons for reversing this judgment.
Mencken's work was one of the first comprehensive and sympathetic
treatments of Nietzsche's thought in the English language. It is a
provocative engagement with the German philosopher's complex and
elusive ideas, enhanced by a style that reverberates with a verve
and dynamism approaching Nietzsche's own.
Mencken presents a view of Nietzsche that elucidates the
latter's complex and contentious form of the "gospel of
individualism" while evincing a keen appreciation of his unrivalled
capacity for critical analysis. The historical scope of Nietzsche's
thought is fully evident in Mencken's analysis as is its
application to modern societies and politics. In tracing the
biographical and intellectual impetus for Nietzsche's relentless
attacks on conventional moralities and established modes of
thought, Mencken discerned both an ideal and a method for grappling
with social and cultural issues that remain salient in our own
time.
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The Anti-Christ (Paperback)
Friedrich Nietzsche; Introduction by H.L. Mencken; Translated by H.L. Mencken
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This is Nietzsche's last book and a fitting capstone to his career.
It's succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of
Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an
8,000-word introduction by its translator, the famous iconoclastic
writer H. L. Mencken.
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of
the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and
politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after
Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The
Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken
classics: "Happy Days," "Heathen Days," "Newspaper Day"s,
"Prejudices," "Treatise on the Gods," "On Politics," "Thirty-Five
Years of Newspaper Work," "Minority Report," and "A Second Mencken
Chrestomathy."
In 1956, Mencken read through his notebooks and extracted those
pieces he thought truest, most pertinent, most precise, or most
likely to blow the dust out of a reader's brain.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of
the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and
politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after
Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The
Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken
classics: "Happy Days," "Heathen Days," "Newspaper Day"s,
"Prejudices," "Treatise on the Gods," "On Politics," "Thirty-Five
Years of Newspaper Work," "Minority Report," and "A Second Mencken
Chrestomathy."
Most of these autobiographical writings first appeared in the
"New Yorker." Here Mencken recalls memories of a safe and happy
boyhood in the Baltimore of the 1880s.
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of the
free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and
politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after
Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The
Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken
classics: Happy Days, Heathen Days, Newspaper Days, Prejudices,
Treatise on the Gods, On Politics, Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper
Work, Minority Report, and A Second Mencken Chrestomathy. In the
second volume of his autobiography, Mencken recalls his years as a
young reporter.
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of
the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and
politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after
Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The
Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken
classics: "Happy Days," "Heathen Days," "Newspaper Day"s,
"Prejudices," "Treatise on the Gods," "On Politics," "Thirty-Five
Years of Newspaper Work," "Minority Report," and "A Second Mencken
Chrestomathy."
Written in 1941-42, these highlights capture the excitement of
newspaper life in the heyday of print journalism.
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The Anti-Christ (Paperback)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Introduction by H.L. Mencken
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R214
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An Unabridged, Unaltered 1924 Edition with Introduction by H. L.
Mencken to include a Preface by the author.
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The Anti-Christ (Paperback)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Introduction by H.L. Mencken
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The Anti-Christ is a work originally published in 1895 and written
by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. This is a book which is seen as
an assault by Nietzsche on the institution of Christianity and
focuses on the "slave morality" and the apathy of Western
Christianity. Believeing that Christianity is a poinoner, the
author uses a systematic and detailed attack upon the popular
interpretation of Christ's words by St. Paul and his followers.
This edition also features an introduction written by H. L.
Mencken. The Anti-Christ is highly recommended for those who are
interested in the religious beliefs of Friedrich Nietzsche and also
those who enjoy his writings.
With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of
the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and
politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after
Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces The
Buncombe Collection, newly packaged editions of nine Mencken
classics: "Happy Days," "Heathen Days," "Newspaper Day"s,
"Prejudices," "Treatise on the Gods," "On Politics," "Thirty-Five
Years of Newspaper Work," "Minority Report," and "A Second Mencken
Chrestomathy."
In the third volume of his autobiography, H. L. Mencken covers a
range of subjects, from Hoggie Unglebower, the best dog trainer in
Christendom, to his visit to the Holy Land, where he looked for the
ruins of Gomorrah.
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