Essential Bierce

by Dunlap, John R.

• ISBN13: 9781597140546
• ISBN10: 1597140546
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Heyday Books

Summary

Cultural Writing. Fiction. A contemporary presentation of work by the great nineteenth-century satirist, journalist, and horror writer. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American satirist, critic, poet, short story writer, editor, and journalist. He eventually became the literary despot of the West Coast, so admired and feared that his review could make or break an aspiring author's career. Bierce's lucid, economic style and lack of maudlin sentiment have kept him popular while many of his once famous contem

Table of Contents

Stories
The Haunted Valley	p. 3
A Watcher by the Dead	p. 15
The Man and the Snake	p. 27
Chickamauga	p. 35
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	p. 43
A Son of the Gods	p. 53
The Affair at Coulters Notch	p. 61
Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General	p. 71
From The Devil's Dictionary
Preface	p. 81
Law & Society	p. 82
Religion & Politics	p. 86
Love & Marriage	p. 92
Science & Philosophy	p. 95
Language & Literature	p. 99
Morals & Manners	p. 106
Essays and Journalism
What I Saw of Shiloh	p. 121
Wit and Humor	p. 141
Thought and Feeling	p. 145
To Train a Writer	p. 149
Aims and the Plan (preface to Write It Right)	p. 151
Bierce on the Funding Bill (San Francisco Examiner, February 1, 1896)	p. 153
A Freak War (San Francisco Examiner, August 7, 1898)	p. 157
A Thumb-Nail Sketch	p. 163
Sources	p. 169
Major Works by Ambrose Bierce Editor	p. 170
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