The most popular programs for the Mencken, H. L. Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=61 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 21:09:26 GMT Guests examined the life and career of journalist H. L. Mencken. He became a reporter for the [Baltimore Morning Herald] and later joined the [Baltimore Sun]. He eventually became one of the most influential voices in American literature and was often critical of what he perceived as American weaknesses. He often railed against pretension, provincialism, prudery, organized religion, and the Middle Class. By the 1930s his opinions became increasingly conservative and sometimes reactionary. In [The American Language], which was revised several times, he chronicled American expressions and idioms. The program was telecast from Union Square in Baltimore, the site of his family home. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/165662-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/165662-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT Charles Fecher, editor of the controversial book [The Diary of H.L. Mencken], discussed the life of H.L. Mencken and his work in publishing Mencken's diary. A newspaper man, magazine editor, author, and critic, H.L. Mencken donated his personal writings to a Baltimore library upon his death in the 1950's, with the stipulation to make them publicly available after 25 years. Mencken's anti-semitic statements contained in his diary created a controversy. The National Press Club debated whether to change the name of their library, named in his honor. "His style is utterly unique,. . . he wrote with a bludgeon," states Fecher, who wrote an earlier biography on Mencken. The editor of [The American Mercury], an influential magazine of the 1920's and 30's, Mencken remains as one of the most influential personalities in American journalism. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/10797-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/10797-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Fitzpatrick showed items from the H.L. Mencken Collection and described them. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169558-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169558-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT In a portrayal of author H.L. Mencken, Mr. Chalberg talked about life, politics and literature in the early Twentieth Century. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169318-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169318-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT Mr. O'Rourke talked about the author H.L. Mencken and his writing. O'Rourke was the Cato Institute's first Mencken Scholar. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169247-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169247-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Rasmussen talked about the career of H. L. Mencken as a reporter in Baltimore and columnist in the early-twentieth century. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169478-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169478-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Hodson talked about the collection of H.L. Mencken manuscripts held at the Huntington Library in California and his commentary on American society. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169477-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/169477-1 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT