| The Devil's Dictionary Contributor(s): Bierce, Ambrose (Author) |
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ISBN: 1605206555 ISBN-13: 9781605206554 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Reference - Dictionaries & Encyclopedias - Reference | Dictionaries - Humor | Form - Parodies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.43 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: American satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c. 1914) began his satirical redefinitions of ordinary words in a weekly newspaper in 1881, and saw them first collected in *The Cynic's Word Book* in 1906. But it was with the 1911 republication as *The Devil's Dictionary* that he struck comedy gold for the ages with his pointedly mocking and ironic riffs on politics, business, religion, the arts, and American culture at large. From *abasement* ("a decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power; peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer") to *zoology* ("the science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly"), *The Devil's Dictionary* remains as witty today as it was a century ago. |