The Cynic's Word Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781435749320)

One of Bierce's most famous works. Originally an occasional newspaper item which was first published in book form in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book. It consists of satirical definitions of English words which lampoon cant and political double-talk. Under the entry "leonine", meaning a single line of poetry with an internal rhyming scheme, he included an apocryphal couplet written by the apocryphal Bella Peeler Silcox (Ella Wheeler Wilcox) in which an internal rhyme is achieved in both lines only by mispronouncing the rhyming words: The electric light invades the dunnest deep of Hades. Cries Pluto, 'twixt his snores: "O tempora O mores " Later published as The Devil's Dictionary, the title Bierce himself preferred to The Cynic's Word Book.

Author: Ambrose Bierce
ISBN-10: 1435749324
ISBN-13: 9781435749320
Publisher: Lulu Press
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2008
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.51d