Author: | Ambrose Bierce | ISBN: | 1230002929583 |
Publisher: | GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS | Publication: | November 27, 2018 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Ambrose Bierce |
ISBN: | 1230002929583 |
Publisher: | GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS |
Publication: | November 27, 2018 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
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Synopsis:
Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and many-faceted genius. Poet, critic, satirist, fun-maker, incomparable writer of fables and masterly prose sketches, a seer of startling insight, a reasoner mercilessly logical, with the delicate wit and keenness of an Irving or an Addison, the dramatic quality of a Hugo, -all of these, and still in the prime of his powers; yet so restricted has been his output and so little exploited that only the judicious few have been impressed
*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***
Synopsis:
Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and many-faceted genius. Poet, critic, satirist, fun-maker, incomparable writer of fables and masterly prose sketches, a seer of startling insight, a reasoner mercilessly logical, with the delicate wit and keenness of an Irving or an Addison, the dramatic quality of a Hugo, -all of these, and still in the prime of his powers; yet so restricted has been his output and so little exploited that only the judicious few have been impressed