The American heretic's dictionary
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The American heretic's dictionary
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eng
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The American heretic's dictionary
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Summary
This new edition includes over 650 mordant definitions by Bufe-twice as many as in the original edition-and 40 illustrations by San Francisco artist and filmmaker J. R. Swanson. The definitions skewer such targets as religion, the "right to life" movement, capitalism, marxism, the IRS, politicians of all stripes, and common euphemisms, as well as male-female relations and sexual attitudes, something which Bierce, writing in more conservative times, was not free to do. The book concludes with a lengthy appendix of the best 200 definitions from Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary
Target audience
adult
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