The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 2010年9月15日 - 440页 If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. |
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... Bierce, Ambrose, 1842–1914? The unabridged devil's dictionary / by Ambrose Bierce; edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi. p. cm. Rev. ed. of: Devil's dictionary. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8203-2196-6 ...
... Bierce's “What I Saw of Shiloh” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” may be his greatest works, but The Devil's Dictionary is quintessential Bierce. In fact, his life and career can be summarized in a single Sentence: Cynic, n. A ...
Ambrose Bierce David E. Schultz, S. T. Joshi. such terse, unexplicated statements as dictionary definitions speak volumes about the private dimension of Bierce's life. So wherefore The Devil's Dictionary? Its author, ostensibly Ambrose ...
... Bierce is, indeed, best taken in small doses), it oversimplifies, as must all such capsule decrees. Bierce did not seek merely to be ironic. As devil's advocate, his mission was to expose rogues, hypocrites, and fools. On a superficial ...
Ambrose Bierce David E. Schultz, S. T. Joshi. some form or another by virtually the entire Western world for nineteen hundred years had not much improved human behavior. Yet Satan's collaborator was himself an adherent of the teachings ...