The American Mercury

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literary magazine magazine

The American Mercury was an influential early 20th-century American literary and opinion magazine known for its sharp social criticism and prominent contributors.

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Label Occurrences
The American Mercury canonical 2
The American Mercury (early volumes, as publisher/printer) 1
The American Mercury magazine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary magazine ⓘ
magazine ⓘ
circulationArea United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editor George Jean Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ
H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ
endPublicationYear 1981 ⓘ
founder George Jean Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ
H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre literature ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
hasContributor Eugene O'Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ
F. Scott Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Jean Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ
H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Thurber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Langston Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sherwood Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinclair Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inception 1924 ⓘ
influenced American literary journalism ⓘ
American social criticism ⓘ
issn 0002-6756 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableCharacteristic acerbic prose style ⓘ
skeptical view of American institutions ⓘ
notableFor publishing prominent American writers ⓘ
sharp social criticism ⓘ
originalEditorInChief H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakInfluencePeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
politicalAlignment initially liberal ⓘ
later conservative ⓘ
later far-right ⓘ
publicationFrequency monthly ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
startPublicationYear 1924 ⓘ
subject American culture ⓘ
American politics ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
successorTo The Smart Set NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience educated American readers ⓘ

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H. L. Mencken → employer → The American Mercury ⓘ
Albert and Charles Boni → notableWorkPublished → The American Mercury ⓘ
this entity surface form: The American Mercury (early volumes, as publisher/printer)
Absolution → firstPublishedIn → The American Mercury ⓘ
Absolution → publisherOfFirstPublication → The American Mercury ⓘ
this entity surface form: The American Mercury magazine