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Morris Jr., Roy : The Devils Dictionary
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780195126273
- Book Title
- Devil's Dictionary
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Référence, Humor, History
- Topic
- Dictionaries, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, American / General, Form / Parodies
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195126270
ISBN-13
9780195126273
eBay Product ID (ePID)
852207
Product Key Features
Book Title
Devil's Dictionary
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Dictionaries, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, American / General, Form / Parodies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Référence, Humor, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-022576
Reviews
"An enjoyable work, fun to read as well as thought-provoking....Justbecause the dictionary is 90 years old doesn't make it any less apropos formodern readers."--Naples Daily News, "An enjoyable work, fun to read as well as thought-provoking....Just because the dictionary is 90 years old doesn't make it any less apropos for modern readers."--Naples Daily News
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
818/.4/08
Synopsis
The Devil's Dictionary helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today., History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today., History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary , helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today.
LC Classification Number
PS1097.D4 1998
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