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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164924503321

Autore

Hart D. G (Darryl G.)

Titolo

Damning words : the life and religious times of H. L. Mencken / / D. G. Hart ; foreword by Mark A. Noll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9781467446112

1467446114

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 pages)

Collana

Library of Religious Biography

Disciplina

818/.5209

Soggetti

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lamentable Heresies -- The Maddest, Gladdest, Damnedest Existence Ever -- Civilized Adults in Their Lighter Moods -- Philistinism, Another Name for Puritanism -- Educated Toryism -- The Mencken Show -- The Stronger Sex -- Finding Meaning and Losing Readers -- Delivered from Anonymity -- What Could Be More Preposterous Than Keeping Alive? -- Conclusion: Learning from H. L. Mencken.

Sommario/riassunto

Recounts a famously outspoken agnostic's surprising relationship with Christianity H.L.Mencken (1880-1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author--and a famous American agnostic.