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Prejudices, First Series

Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets in this volume (the first of six) are critics, H.G. Wells Thorstein Veblen, Arnold Bennett, William Dean Howells, Irvin S. Cobb. Mencken's critiques are delivered against a background of his own well known ethnic, racial, religious, and sectional prejudices. (It is said that the only thing Mencken loved about the Southern United States was his wife, who hailed from Alabama.) Not for the faint of heart, Mencken's prickly, yet unapologetic, prose reveals a window into American attitudes at the time they were written and their influences on the larger American culture. - Summary by DrPGould

Year of Publication: 1919Genres: Essays & Short Works,Literary Criticism,Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Running Time: 07 hours 00 minute 54 seconds(21 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Linda Johnson, Shasta, DrPGould

#	Chapter Name
	Criticism of Criticism of Criticism DrPGould	18:55
	The Late Mr. Wells Linda Johnson	25:31
	Arnold Bennett Linda Johnson	30:39
	The Dean DrPGould	10:48
	Professor Veblen DrPGould	35:50
	The New Poetry Movement Larry Wilson	23:22
	The Heir of Mark Twain Karen Mallozzi	9:51
	Hermann Sudermann Shasta	18:07
	George Ade Shasta	20:35
	The Butte Bashkirtseff Shasta	12:13
	Six Members of the Institute DrPGould	29:01
	The Genealogy of Etiquette Linda Johnson	38:27
	The American Magazine Linda Johnson	18:43
	The Ulster Polonius Linda Johnson	17:30
	An Unheeded Law-Giver Shasta	8:52
	The Blushful Mystery Shasta	26:52
	George Jean Nathan Linda Johnson	28:44
	Portrait of an Immortal Soul Linda Johnson	21:20
	Jack London Linda Johnson	7:08
	Among the Avatars Linda Johnson	11:26
	Three American Immortals Larry Wilson	7:00