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He was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, and the six collections of his essays and reviews published between 1919 and 1927 as his *Prejudices* are among his most entertaining reading. American satirist and critic HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956) believed that criticism rose to the level of art when it was used as a springboard for the critic's own philosophizing on art and culture. In this Third Series of *Prejudices,* first published in 1922, he brings his unique-and uniquely witty-perspective to such essays as: ¢ "On Being an American" ¢ "Footnote on Criticism" ¢ "Das Kapital" ¢ "Star-Spangled Men" ¢ "The Poet and His Art" ¢ "The Nature of Liberty" ¢ "The Novel" ¢ "The Forward-Looker" ¢ "Types of Men" ¢ "The Dismal Science" ¢ "Matters of State" ¢ "Reflections on the Drama" ¢ and more.