Carl Bode is Professor of English at the University of Maryland. He has written widely on various phases of American literature, particularly on twentieth-century culture.
“No other study has been nearly as successful as this one in presenting the late H. L. Mencken in context.”—Gerald J. Johnson, Chicago Sun-Times Book Week
“The most recent and best to date of the many biographies of Henry Louis Mencken is Carl Bode’s carefully researched book and much documented study of one of the most influential writers on the American scene from 1900 to 1950… A fine, even definitive biography.”—Best Sellers
“Magnificent biography.... A Menckenian accomplishment.”—Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Calendar
