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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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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Plný název: Devil's Dictionary
• Autor: Ambrose Bierce
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 148
• EAN: 9781605206554
• ISBN: 9781605206554
• ID: 08778657
• Nakladatelství: Cosimo Classics
• Hmotnost: 195 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 9 mm
• Datum vydání: 01. August 2009

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