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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.
| Autorius: | Ambrose Bierce |
| Leidėjas: | Cosimo Classics |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2009 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 148 |
| ISBN-10: | 1605206555 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781605206554 |
| Formatas: | 216 x 140 x 9 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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