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Book Title
Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Publication Name
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Title
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Author
Ambrose Bierce
Contributor
S.T. Joshi (Volume editor)
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780820324012
ISBN
9780820324012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Genre
Référence, Humor
Topic
Form / Puns & Wordplay, General, Word Lists
Release Date
31/12/2001
Release Year
2001
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
9in
Original Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Number of Pages
440 Pages

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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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Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820324019
ISBN-13
9780820324012
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2355576

Product Key Features

Book Title
Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Author
Ambrose Bierce
Original Language
English
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Form / Puns & Wordplay, General, Word Lists
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Référence, Humor
Number of Pages
440 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz

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Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Reviews
"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, Bierce was America's first realist writer, but, unlike realism's later practitioners, he knew something about reality-it's really funny., "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, "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, "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, "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
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
423/.02/07
Dewey Edition
21

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