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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.
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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.

Ambrose Bierce,The Devil's Dictionary,Cosimo Classics,1605206555,Biblical Reference - Dictionaries Encyclopedias,Dictionaries - General,Dictionary,Form - Parodies,HUMOR / Form / Parodies,Humor/Form - Parodies,Non-Fiction,PRINT ON DEMAND,REFERENCE / Dictionaries,RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Dictionaries Encyclopedias,Reference,Reference/Dictionaries,Religion,Religion/Ethics

The Devil's Dictionary [Ambrose Bierce] on . American satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c. 1914) began his satirical redefinitions of ordinary words in a weekly newspaper in 1881

 

Product details Paperback 148 pages Publisher Cosimo Classics (August 1, 2009) Language English ISBN-10 1605206555

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