The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary - 9780820324012
Un libro in lingua di Ambrose Bierce Schultz David E. (EDT) Joshi S. T. (EDT) edito da Univ of Georgia Pr, 2001
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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 All of Bierce's known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries.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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Ambrose Bierce Schultz David E. (EDT) Joshi S. T. (EDT)
- Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
- Collana: Univ of Georgia Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Dicembre '01
- Genere: HUMOR
- Dimensioni mm: 222 x 146 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0820324019
- EAN-13: 9780820324012