H. L. Mencken

George Jean Nathan

"Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts" is a book written by Mencken and his co-editor friend George Jean Nathan to show how easy it was to write a play. The book tells the story of Heliogabalus, Emperor of Roman Imperium who gets to choose every night from eleven gorgeous spouses. The Emperor was charmed by a Christian damsel who is proving difficult to get. He soon got irritated by her virtue and returned to his old ways. The authors combined their talent, wits, and cleverness to bring this masterpiece to the public.

Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts

Good Press presents to you this meticulously edited H. L. Mencken collection: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche A Book of Burlesques A Book of Prefaces In Defense of Women Damn! A Book of Calumny The American Language The American Credo Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts Ventures Into Verse

The American Language, The American Credo, The Philosophy Of Friedrich Nietzsche

The Collected Works of H. L. Mencken

DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited H. L. Mencken collection: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche A Book of Burlesques A Book of Prefaces In Defense of Women Damn! A Book of Calumny The American Language The American Credo Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts Ventures Into Verse Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) 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. As a scholar, Mencken is known for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States and the book on Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy.

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Henry Louis Mencken

A Magazine of Cleverness

The Smart Set

Good Press presents to you this meticulously edited H. L. Mencken collection: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche A Book of Burlesques A Book of Prefaces In Defense of Women Damn! A Book of Calumny The American Language The American Credo Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts Ventures Into Verse Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) 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. As a scholar, Mencken is known for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States and the book on Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy.

An Application of the Slapstick to Satire

Bottoms Up

The American Mercury

Willard Huntington Wright

Europe After 8:15 is a playful and blunt personal account of various sunsets and various nightlife activities in different European countries. Nathan takes visitors on a joy ride through Italy, Germany, London, and Paris in this whimsical and beautiful imaginative tale. Excerpt: "The scene is the brow of the Hungerberg at Innsbruck. It is the half-hour before sunset, and the whole lovely valley of the Inn—still wie die Nacht, tief wie das Meer—begins to glow with mauves and apple greens, apricots, and silvery blues. Along the peaks of the great snowy mountains which shut it in, as if from the folly and misery of the world, there are touches of piercing primary colors—red, yellow, violet—the palette of a synchronist."

Europe After 8:15

George Jean Nathan authored this book to share his thoughts about the relationship between a drama critic and the art form that they chose to savor and scrutinize. Nathan is known as an American drama critic in the late 19th and early 20th century, and often credited for bringing success to The Smart Set as its editor and co-founding and editing The American Mercury and The American Spectator.

The Critic and the Drama

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Book Without a Title" by George Jean Nathan. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

A Book Without a Title

This book contains George Nathan's letters to Sean O'Casey and his important dramatic criticism. The contents reveal the private, as well as the public, Nathan. Of special interest are his reactions to O'Casey's manuscripts that he could not make public.

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