- Title Pages
- Illustration
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustration
- Prologue BOSTON, 1926
- Part One 1880–1914
- Part Two 1914–1919
- Part Three 1920–1930
- 20 THE DRY MILLENNIUM DAWNS
- 21 OF POLITICS AND PROSE
- 22 THAT MAN IN BALTIMORE
- 23 THE DUEL OF SEX
- 24 OLD DISCORD AND NEW ALLIANCES
- 25 THE SCOPES TRIAL
- 26 IN THE CRUCIBLE
- 27 BANNED IN BOSTON
- 28 THE GREAT GOD MENCKEN
- 29 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
- 30 THE GERMAN VALENTINO
- 31 THE SEA OF MATRIMONY
- 32 VARIATIONS ON A FAMILIAR THEME
- Part Four 1930–1935
- Part Five 1936–1940
- Part Six 1941–1948
- <i>Part Seven</i> 1949–1956
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
IN THE CRUCIBLE
IN THE CRUCIBLE
- Chapter:
- (p.295) 26 IN THE CRUCIBLE
- Source:
- Mencken
- Author(s):
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter focuses on Mencken's close relationship with his mother, Anna Mencken, and his depression following her untimely death. It also heralds the break of his friendship with Theodore Dreiser.
Keywords: Anna Mencken, Theodore Dreiser, family, depression
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- Title Pages
- Illustration
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Illustration
- Prologue BOSTON, 1926
- Part One 1880–1914
- Part Two 1914–1919
- Part Three 1920–1930
- 20 THE DRY MILLENNIUM DAWNS
- 21 OF POLITICS AND PROSE
- 22 THAT MAN IN BALTIMORE
- 23 THE DUEL OF SEX
- 24 OLD DISCORD AND NEW ALLIANCES
- 25 THE SCOPES TRIAL
- 26 IN THE CRUCIBLE
- 27 BANNED IN BOSTON
- 28 THE GREAT GOD MENCKEN
- 29 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
- 30 THE GERMAN VALENTINO
- 31 THE SEA OF MATRIMONY
- 32 VARIATIONS ON A FAMILIAR THEME
- Part Four 1930–1935
- Part Five 1936–1940
- Part Six 1941–1948
- <i>Part Seven</i> 1949–1956
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX