The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 15.09.2010 - 440 Seiten 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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... AB's earliest writings he posed as a philosopher. 17. NL (30 Jan. 1869): 3. See Appendix B, item B3. 18. NL (24 July 1869): 4. This unsigned item is known to be by AB because it contains material later reprinted in CW 19. Noah Webster ...
... AB was not yet writing for the Wasp. 27. From 1883 to 1885, Bierce was writing not only his “Prattle” and other ... AB's. 42. The dates of the last two columns are unknown. The typesetting copy contains clippings of two installments ...
... AB's work in the mid-1920s resulted in the publication of four biographies of AB in 1929, including one by McWilliams. 55. H. P. Lovecraft, “Supernatural Horror in Literature,” in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Sauk City, WI: Arkham ...
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