Baltimore native Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an essayist,
literary critic, magazine editor, novelist, and journalist. Starting as
a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald at the turn of the century,
Mencken eventually became associated with the Baltimore Sun and his work
for the newspaper spanned five decades. In H.L. Mencken: An Annotated
Bibliography, S.T. Joshi provides the most exhaustive and comprehensive
bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken ever assembled. It
presents detailed information on his book publications from 1903 to the
present, with a full list of editions and reprints. Most significantly,
it presents for the first time a comprehensive annotated listing of his
magazine and newspaper work (including more than 1,500 anonymous
editorials for the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Evening Sun, and other
papers, which have never been listed in any previous bibliographies), a
thorough index to his book reviews, and a full list of interviews
Mencken gave during his lifetime. Word counts of nearly every item in
the bibliography have been supplied, and the book has been thoroughly
indexed by name, title, and periodical. Because every item has been
annotated, scholars and students can, for the first time, gain an idea
of the subject-matter of all Mencken's writings, especially his magazine
and newspaper work. The indexes will allow users to locate any given
item with ease. The chronological arrangement of each section allows
users to understand the growth and development of Mencken's work, making
this volume an invaluable resource.
