The Devil's DictionaryHistory, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today. |
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Brugeranmeldelse - et.carole - LibraryThingIf he wasn't dead, I would go to Mexico and look for Bierce. This year's junior research paper for English 11 was fun, because he was my topic. A lovely little book of definitions that I might not ... Læs hele anmeldelsen
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Brugeranmeldelse - Juva - LibraryThingA vintage collection of devilishly satirical definitions to common words. The perfect resource for the depraved wit seeking the perfect quotation. Læs hele anmeldelsen
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| Titel | The Devil's Dictionary Oxford paperbacks |
| Forfatter | Ambrose Bierce |
| Bidragyder | Roy Morris |
| Udgave | illustreret, genoptrykt |
| Udgiver | Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0195126270, 9780195126273 |
| Længde | 219 sider |
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