About this book
Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann announces a provocative, razor-sharp collection of essays and short nonfiction that capture one of the most incendiary voices of late-19th-century American letters. Collected from miscellaneous sources and early issues of The ICONOCLAST, these pieces reveal Brann’s confrontational journalism, satirical wit, and uncompromising assaults on institutions, hypocrisy, and civic complacency.
Volume 01 assembles essays of varying length—some of Brann’s best-known columns—set against the social and political turbulence of the 1890s. Readers will encounter a blend of literary craftsmanship and polemic: trenchant commentary on religion, politics, culture, and the press, written with the urgent cadence of a journalist but shaped by literary ambition. A thoughtful preface situates Brann’s life and the controversies that swirled around him without diluting the power of the original texts.
Ideal for lovers of essay and short nonfiction, students of American literature and journalism, and listeners drawn to bold, contentious voices, this audiobook offers a vivid window into a bygone era and the enduring impulse to challenge the status quo.
