{"product_id":"three-early-works-barnes-noble-digital-library-9781411467019","title":"Three Early Works (Barnes \u0026 Noble Digital Library)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eH. L. Mencken presents master styling in \u003ci\u003eA Book of Prefaces \u003c\/i\u003e(1917), \u003ci\u003eDamn! \u003c\/i\u003e(1918), and \u003ci\u003eThe American Credo\u003c\/i\u003e (1920). \u003ci\u003ePrefaces\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of literary criticism containing the essays \"Joseph Conrad,\" \"Theodore Dreiser,\" \"James Huneker,\" and \"Puritanism as a Literary Force.\" He hoped that \"they may at least blow a wind through the prevailing fogs, and reveal what is sound and important in some first-rate books.\" The ensuing intellectual battle energized a generation. \u003ci\u003eDamn! A Book of Calumny\u003c\/i\u003e contains some of Mencken's wittier turns in its forty-nine short essays. It has been mined for anthologies, but it has never before been reprinted as a whole. \u003ci\u003eThe American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind\u003c\/i\u003e contains four hundred and eighty-eight articles, co-written by drama critic George Jean Nathan, about American popular belief. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BookAnnex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67899630158002,"sku":"9781411467019","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9781411467019.jpg?v=1793887744","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/three-early-works-barnes-noble-digital-library-9781411467019","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}