The Devil's Dictionary - Hardcover

Bierce, Ambrose; Steadman, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582343802 ISBN 13: 9781582343808

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2003

Synopsis

A "dictionary" of barbed definitions by one of America's most caustic humorists includes cynical epigrams, maxims, essays, and verses that illustrate the irreverent humor of the nineteenth-century satirist as he lampoons cherished American traditions.

About this title

About the Author:

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), friend and rival of Mark Twain, was one of nineteenth-century America's most renowned satirists. A Union veteran of the Civil War, he became one of the best-known writers and journalists in the country. In 1913 he set off for Mexico, then in the throes of revolution, and was never seen again.

Ralph Steadman, artist, writer, sculptor, political cartoonist, and designer of labels for vintage wines, is the author/illustrator of, most recently, the novel Doodaaa, as well as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll's Alice, George Orwell's Animal Farm, and Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His work appears regularly in such publications as the New Yorker, the New York Times, GQ, Esquire, and the Los Angeles Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1582343802
• ISBN 13: 9781582343808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Illustrator: Steadman Ralph