Project Gutenberg 2022-05-03 Public domain in the USA. 379 Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 1880 1956 Mencken, Henry Louis Hatteras, Owen Mencken, Henry L. 24028241 Prejudices, fourth series $aUnited States :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c1924. The American tradition -- The husbandman -- High and ghostly matters: The cosmic secretariat. The nature of faith. The devotee. The restoration of beauty. End-product. Another. Holy clerks -- Justice under democracy -- Reflections on human monogamy: The eternal farce. Venus at the domestic hearth. The rat-trap. The love chase. Women as realpolitiker. Footnote for suffragettes. The helpmate. The mime. Cavia cobaya. The survivor. The veteran's disaster. Moral indignation. The man and his shadow. The balance-sheet. Yearning -- The politician -- From a critic's notebook: Progress. The iconoclast. The artists' model. The good citizen as artist. Definitive judgments -- Totentanz -- Meditations in the Methodist desert: The new Galahad. Optimist vs. optimist. Caveat for the defense. Portrait of an ideal world -- Essay in constructive criticism -- On the nature of man: The animal that thinks. Veritas odium parit. The eternal cripple. The test. National characters. The goal. Psychology at 5 A.M. The reward. The altruist. The man of honor -- Bugaboo -- On government -- Toward a realistic aesthetic: The nature of art. The one-legged art. Symbiosis and the artist -- Contributions to the study of vulgar psychology: The downfall of the Navy. The mind of the slave. The art eternal -- The American novel -- People and things: The capital of a great republic. Ambassadors of Christ. Bilder aus schöner Zeit. The high seas. The Shrine of Mnemosyne. Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Prejudices, Fourth Series" by H. L. Mencken is a collection of critical essays written in the early 20th century. Mencken, known for his acerbic wit and sharp observations, explores a range of topics including American culture, literature, politics, and the prevailing social mores of his time. This series serves as a platform for his contrarian views and pointed critiques of American society, particularly the intellectualism and moral standards that he finds lacking. The opening of this work introduces the theme of "The American Tradition" and critiques the notion that American literature is defined by its conformity to a supposed cultural standard. Mencken discusses the rise of a so-called "American tradition" in letters, arguing that it is not rooted in the true accomplishments of American writers but rather in a misguided attempt to impose a homogenized view of art and culture. He examines the influences of figures like Dr. William Crary Brownell and critiques their perspectives, portraying them as emblematic of a larger movement that resists the individuality celebrated by authors such as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Whitman. Mencken's disdain for mediocrity and his insistence on the importance of artistic freedom set the tone for the essays that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/prejudicesfourth0000menc_p2g7 20210428142004mencken 1924 us Reading ease score: 55.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Literature -- History and criticism American literature -- History and criticism American essays -- 20th century PS Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 488109 2025-07-27T05:12:22.179131 text/html 455645 2024-10-18T21:27:42 text/html 494964 2025-07-27T05:12:29.830098 application/epub+zip 490694 2025-07-27T05:12:23.797174 application/epub+zip 310178 2025-07-27T05:12:22.926101 application/epub+zip 690822 2025-07-27T05:12:34.474076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 651231 2025-07-27T05:12:29.068132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 542965 2022-09-30T15:34:48.429768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422204 2025-07-27T05:12:21.385141 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 402251 2024-10-18T21:27:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18850 2025-07-27T05:12:34.627146 application/rdf+xml 11812 2025-07-27T05:12:23.217097 image/jpeg 2123 2025-07-27T05:12:23.068115 image/jpeg 536739 2025-07-27T05:12:22.223126 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia