Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: A Critical EditionMain MenuPrefaceEditor's IntroductionRead about the conceptualization of the edition and its significance for scholars, students, and casual readers.The Text and Illustrations of Gentlemen Prefer BlondesRead the novel or examine the variants in text and visual presentation between the two original published editions.Critical and Biographical ContextRead about the production and reception of Blondes, explore maps of locations in the text, read about historical references, and read biographies of writer Anita Loos and illustrator Ralph Barton.Production of the EditionInformation about technical production and about contributors to the edition.About This BookAnita Loosdf7e8181b9011d96a772f9bc7265339b41c1e804Edited by Daniel G. Tracy1084a62f79367058cb758225ddf0a8810cfba170
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12021-01-26T12:51:07+00:00Daniel G. Tracye4d2055c1ec04bf92575642aae6698bc52f8f12a1221plain2021-01-26T12:51:07+00:00Chronicling America https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042303/1922-07-12/ed-1/seq-2/1922-07-12John O'DonnellPublic DomainThe Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), July 12, 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042303/1922-07-12/ed-1/seq-2/Daniel G. Tracye4d2055c1ec04bf92575642aae6698bc52f8f12a
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12021-01-26T12:53:04+00:00H.L. Mencken1plain2021-01-26T12:53:04+00:00H.L. Mencken was a prominent journalist, editor, and cultural commentator with a penchant for satire, who Anita Loos cited in several accounts of the genesis of Blondes as her intellectual idol and the originally intended private audience of its first chapter. She also cited Mencken as the reason for Lorelei's home town of Little Rock, Arkansas. The "green magazine" refers to The American Mercury, edited by Mencken and George Jean Nathan beginning in 1924. Mencken suggested to Loos that she publish the first chapter of Blondes in Harper's Bazar because it wasn't serious enough for The American Mercury (Loos, A Girl Like I).