Title: Prejudices
Description: These essays, first published between 1919 and 1927, ushered in a new cosmopolitanism and skepticism in twentieth-century America. Taking on all aspects of the conformism and provincial narrowness of the American worldview that he saw, Mencken launched himself at a wide variety of targets with his usual humor and richness.
Subjects: Literature, American essays, History and criticism, American literature, Civilization
Time periods: 20th century