Bibliograph

Serpent in Eden, H.L. Mencken and the South

Type

Label

Serpent in Eden, H.L. Mencken and the South

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Serpent in Eden

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

H.L. Mencken and the South

Summary

The appearance in 1920 of H. L. Mencken's scathing essay about the intellectual and cultural impoverishment of the South, "The Sahara of the Bozart", set off a firestorm of reaction in the region that continued unabated for much of the next decade. In Serpent in Eden, Mencken scholar Fred Hobson examines Mencken's love-hate relationship with the South. He explores not only Mencken's savage criticism of the region but also his efforts to encourage southern writers and the bold "little magazines", such as the Reviewer and the Double Dealer, that started up in the South during the 1920s. Originally published in 1974

Target audience

adult

Classification