H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial", also gained him attention. The term "Menckenian" has entered multiple dictionaries to describe anything of or pertaining to Mencken, including his combative rhetorical and prose style.
A Book of Burlesques
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A Book of Prefaces
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Damn! A Book of Calumny
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George Bernard Shaw: His Plays
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In Defense of Women
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Notes on democracy
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Prejudices, fifth series
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Prejudices, first series
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Prejudices, fourth series
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Prejudices, second series
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Prejudices, third series
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The American Language / A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
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The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
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Ventures Into Verse / Being various ballads, ballades, rondeaux, triolets, songs, quatrains, odes and roundels, all rescued from the potters' field of old files and here given decent burial
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