Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814208427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
"Bierce's fables are distinguished for their biting wit and their cynical reflection of the political and social events of his time. Local and national political figures; corrupt lawyers, judges, and clergymen; and even incidents in the Spanish-American War are all mercilessly lampooned. The fables not only testify to Bierce's hatred of "hypocrisy, cant, and all sham" but provide a window into late nineteenth-century American society. S. T.
The Collected Fables of Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814208427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
"Bierce's fables are distinguished for their biting wit and their cynical reflection of the political and social events of his time. Local and national political figures; corrupt lawyers, judges, and clergymen; and even incidents in the Spanish-American War are all mercilessly lampooned. The fables not only testify to Bierce's hatred of "hypocrisy, cant, and all sham" but provide a window into late nineteenth-century American society. S. T.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814208427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
"Bierce's fables are distinguished for their biting wit and their cynical reflection of the political and social events of his time. Local and national political figures; corrupt lawyers, judges, and clergymen; and even incidents in the Spanish-American War are all mercilessly lampooned. The fables not only testify to Bierce's hatred of "hypocrisy, cant, and all sham" but provide a window into late nineteenth-century American society. S. T.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
This book is the seventh of a 12-volume set of Bierce's works and contains "The Devil?s Dictionary."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
This book is the seventh of a 12-volume set of Bierce's works and contains "The Devil?s Dictionary."
The Devil's Topographer
Author: David M. Owens
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572334649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"The Devil's Topographer explores the wider implications of Bierce's contribution to war short fiction and the significance of the war story as a subgenre in American literature. This volume is a significant contribution to the body of literary commentary on Ambrose Bierce and to the study of the development of the American short story."--Jacket.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572334649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"The Devil's Topographer explores the wider implications of Bierce's contribution to war short fiction and the significance of the war story as a subgenre in American literature. This volume is a significant contribution to the body of literary commentary on Ambrose Bierce and to the study of the development of the American short story."--Jacket.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: Antepenultimata
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Antepenultimata
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
A Much Misunderstood Man
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814209196
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"The binding thread throughout this edited collection of Ambrose Bierce's letters is the argument that Bierce has too often vilified as a cynical misanthrope. Joshi and Schultz believe that Bierce's human side has been ignored by scholars, and they work here to rectify this oversight. The importance of this collection is underscored by the fact that no collection of Bierce's letters has been published since 1922. This selection represents a sampling of nearly one-half million words of Bierce's correspondence, which Joshi and Schultz are the first to gather and transcribe." "The letters reveal many sides of Bierce that he deliberately concealed in his literary work: the caring father who keenly felt the deaths of his two sons and took constant interest in the welfare of his only daughter; the literary giant of San Francisco who gathered around him a substantial cadre of disciples whose work he encouraged and meticulously criticized; the vigorous castigator of chicanery, hypocrisy, and injustice wherever he saw it; and the author of coyly flirtatious letters to a number of female correspondents. For the first time, a well-rounded picture of Bierce the man and writer emerges in his own words. The volume ends chillingly with Bierce's last surviving letter, written from Chihuahua, Mexico, on December 26, 1913, which concludes: "As for me, I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination." Bierce was never heard from again." "The letters have been scrupulously edited from manuscript sources and exhaustively annotated to elucidate obscure historical, literary, and other references."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780814209196
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"The binding thread throughout this edited collection of Ambrose Bierce's letters is the argument that Bierce has too often vilified as a cynical misanthrope. Joshi and Schultz believe that Bierce's human side has been ignored by scholars, and they work here to rectify this oversight. The importance of this collection is underscored by the fact that no collection of Bierce's letters has been published since 1922. This selection represents a sampling of nearly one-half million words of Bierce's correspondence, which Joshi and Schultz are the first to gather and transcribe." "The letters reveal many sides of Bierce that he deliberately concealed in his literary work: the caring father who keenly felt the deaths of his two sons and took constant interest in the welfare of his only daughter; the literary giant of San Francisco who gathered around him a substantial cadre of disciples whose work he encouraged and meticulously criticized; the vigorous castigator of chicanery, hypocrisy, and injustice wherever he saw it; and the author of coyly flirtatious letters to a number of female correspondents. For the first time, a well-rounded picture of Bierce the man and writer emerges in his own words. The volume ends chillingly with Bierce's last surviving letter, written from Chihuahua, Mexico, on December 26, 1913, which concludes: "As for me, I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination." Bierce was never heard from again." "The letters have been scrupulously edited from manuscript sources and exhaustively annotated to elucidate obscure historical, literary, and other references."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734095263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734095263
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: In the midst of life (tales of soldiers and civilians)
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: In motley: Kings of beasts: Two administrations; Miscellaneous
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description