The Free Lance, September-December 1914

Edited and Annotated by S. T. Joshi

By:

H.L. Mencken

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Collected Essays and Journalism of H. L. Mencken

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As H. L. Mencken's "Free Lance" column in the Baltimore Evening Sun progressed into the fall and winter of 1914, the war was the chief topic of discussion. Mencken, continuing to take the German side in the conflict, rails at American newspapers' siding with the Allies and their accounts of German "atrocities," which Mencken disputes. In a remarkable column on October 28, Mencken presents extensive evidence of atrocities committed during the Civil War, suggesting that such events are endemic to war. He ridicules the idea that England and the Allies are fighting for democracy ("Hypocrisy is at the very heart of England"). In other columns, Mencken continues to lament the growing fervor for prohibition of alcoholic beverages-a movement he sees as part of a trend of "moral legislation" that is doomed to failure. In December Mencken resumes his discussion of the "American language"-the racy vernacular spoken by the common people in defiance of schoolmarms and grammarians.

Release date Australia

September 21st, 2020

Author

H.L. Mencken

Series

Collected Essays and Journalism of H. L. Mencken

Contributor

Edited by S.T. Joshi

Pages

372

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

152x229x20

ISBN-13

9798688821840

Product ID

34003085

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