Description: A collection of stories by an eccentric writer whose morbidity produced humor as well as horror. Review (2019,5 stars): ANY Bierce, is good Bierce...his civil war stuff is amazing! Such detail, such characterization...so deep, well thought out. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, seems to be his best known work. I read that one first. Then i rented his civil war stories from the library, ended up buying it. Really, you can't go wrong with any of his work. Review (2000, 5 stars):These are about the only ghost stories that I like to read, and I usually like to think that I am a lot smarter than that. But I am inclined to think that some people were a lot better educated in the days of Ambrose Bierce, or he wouldn't have written his poem about "poor Salmasius" in THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY's definition of the word logomachy, a concept which is like psychoanalysis in its quest for effectiveness. What is absolutely lacking today is any evidence for the truth of the final line of that poem, "For reading Milton's wit we perish too." (p. 295) In these days, it is far more likely that the TV news and entertainment will be competing for most of the attention devoted to whoever is being more fatal.
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Book Title: Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce
Book Series: Bierce
Original Language: English
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
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Features: comprehensive
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
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Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Intended Audience: Adults
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Edition: 1989
Publication Year: 1989
Type: anthology
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Genre: Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 830 Pages
