Writings in the Baltimore Sun, 1906-1909
2019·363 pages
A collection of H. L. Mencken's early journalism from the Baltimore Sun, 1906-1909, edited by S. T. Joshi.
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A collection of H. L. Mencken's early journalism from the Baltimore Sun, 1906-1909, edited by S. T. Joshi.
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When H. L. Mencken joined the staff of the Baltimore Sun in the fall of 1906, he was probably unaware that he would be working for the paper off and on for more than forty years. Mencken began his career at the paper by writing numerous drama reviews-not only of significant plays by Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen, and others, but also of light comedies, comic operas, and even vaudeville. Mencken was also tasked with writing editorials articulating the paper's official editorial policy on issues of the...
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Possible mild language typical of early 20th-century journalism.
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Moderate social and political commentary typical of Mencken's critical style.
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