Another of this author's essays uses the brick houses around Pittsburgh as an example of the American "libido for the ugly."
One of this author's essays describes how deities such as Huitzilopochtli have been consigned to oblivion, and begins by asking "where is the graveyard of dead gods?" Another of this author's essays uses the brick houses around Pittsburgh as an example of the American "libido for the ugly." This author translated Nietzsche's The Anti-Christ into English, and included his essay "Puritanism as a Literary Force" in A Book of Prefaces. He attacked the provincialism of the South in "The Sahara of the Bozart." This author defended the colorfulness of American slang in his 1919 study of spoken English, The American Language, and co-founded The American Mercury with George Jean Nathan. For 10 points, name this acerbic early 20th century American essayist and journalist known as the "sage of Baltimore."
One of this author's essays describes how deities such as Huitzilopochtli have been consigned to oblivion, and begins by asking "where is the graveyard of dead gods?"
H(enry) L(ouis) Mencken