Edgar Kemler

This is not a man whose company I would enjoy (I'm sure the feeling would be mutual), but it seems he was an important step in the history of American literature. He was outspoken against the suppression of expression in all its forms and a champion of authors who dared to write with realism and not idealism. Because of my distaste for the ideals of Mencken and what he stood for, I didn't finish the book. It was interesting to read about the progression of American literature from the early 1900s to the 1940s though.… (más)