The Devil´s DictionaryFrom A to Z. E-book. Formato EPUB - 9783961301591

The Devil´s DictionaryFrom A to Z. E-book. Formato EPUB. In this dictionary Bierce compiles the canon of human weaknesses, prejudices, absurdities and habits. The subtle, nasty &rdquo;definitions&rdquo; of words expose the very aspect in them that normal consciousness hypocritically tries to cover up. Over 1,000 barbed and brilliant definitions by the 19th-century journalist and satirist often called &ldquo;the American Swift.&rdquo;<br /><br />First published as &ldquo;The Cynic&rsquo;s Word Book&rdquo; (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce&rsquo;s notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson&rsquo;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&ndash;with or without the devil&rsquo;s help&ndash;can still draw blood today.<br /><br />The American writer Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) had not only a sharp tongue, but also a pointed feather. He was one of the most dazzling figures in 19th-century literary America &ndash; the personified provocation and a hateful cynic who left no subject out. No matter whether it was about general, small or great weaknesses of the human race &ndash; nothing was sacred to his mockery. He became famous with his &ldquo;Devil&acute;s Dictionary&rdquo;, a collection of gallant and pointedly spiritual aphorisms.<br /><br />The size of the eBook is about 180 pages.<br />&nbsp;