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Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, Paperback by Bierce, Ambrose; Schultz, David E...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780820324012
- Book Title
- Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
- Original Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Référence, Humor
- Topic
- Form / Puns & Wordplay, General, Word Lists
- Item Weight
- 20.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 440 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820324019
ISBN-13
9780820324012
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2355576
Product Key Features
Original Language
English
Book Title
Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Form / Puns & Wordplay, General, Word Lists
Genre
Référence, Humor
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Reviews
A compilation of all of Bierce's satirical definitions published over a forty-year period, this latest version of the Dictionary ('A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic') merits a wide readership both within and without the Academy ('A modern school where football is taught')."-- American Literary Review, Bierce was America's first realist writer, but, unlike realism's later practitioners, he knew something about reality-it's really funny., "This is a work of genuinely impressive scholarship and will undoubtedly become the authoritative text for Bierce'sDevil's Dictionary."--Thomas V. Quirk, University of Missouri-Columbia, "A compilation of all of Bierce's satirical definitions published over a forty-year period, this latest version of the Dictionary ('A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic') merits a wide readership both within and without the Academy ('A modern school where football is taught')."-- American Literary Review, "Most readers and biographers have agreed with Schultz and Joshi thatThe Devil's Dictionaryis 'quintessential Bierce.' For the serious student of Bierce's diabolical lexicon, their beautiful new edition . . . will be a delight."--Sewanee Review, "This is a work of genuinely impressive scholarship and will undoubtedly become the authoritative text for Bierce's Devil's Dictionary ."--Thomas V. Quirk, University of Missouri-Columbia, This is a work of genuinely impressive scholarship and will undoubtedly become the authoritative text for Bierce's Devil's Dictionary ., "This carefully edited manuscript will add immeasurably to Bierce studies."--Joseph B. McCullough, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, "A compilation of all of Bierce's satirical definitions published over a forty-year period, this latest version of theDictionary('A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic') merits a wide readership both within and without the Academy ('A modern school where football is taught')."--American Literary Review, "Bierce was America's first realist writer, but, unlike realism's later practitioners, he knew something about reality-it's really funny."--P.J. O'Rourke, "Most readers and biographers have agreed with Schultz and Joshi that The Devil's Dictionary is 'quintessential Bierce.' For the serious student of Bierce's diabolical lexicon, their beautiful new edition . . . will be a delight."-- Sewanee Review
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
423/.02/07
Edition Description
Unabridged edition
Synopsis
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., An onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth., 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. A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth. This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi's exhaustive investigation into the book's writing and publishing history. All of Bierce's known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included. Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.
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