KnowraH. L. MenckenLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to H. L. Mencken, each with the reason it gives.All 7Related 5Compared with 2Charles LindberghRelated: Mencken publicly criticized Lindbergh’s isolationist stance and his Des Moines speech.Ambrose BierceRelated: Mencken admired Bierce’s prose and helped preserve his reputation as a satirist.Harold RossCompared with: Mencken’s established journalistic style contrasts with Ross’s quieter magazine-making influence.Southern AgrariansCompared with: Mencken’s criticisms represent a prominent contemporary challenge to the Agrarians’ defense of Southern culture.James M. CainRelated: Mencken was a friend and influence who encouraged Cain’s writing and helped shape his literary ambitions.Willa CatherRelated: Mencken’s early advocacy helped bring Cather’s fiction to wider critical attention.Sinclair LewisRelated: Mencken’s criticism and Lewis’s fiction both targeted complacent American respectability.