Author |
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? |
Title |
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 10 The Opinionator
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Original Publication |
United States: The Neale Publishing Company,1911.
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Contents |
The opinionator: The novel. On literary criticism. Stage illusion. The matter of manner. On reading new books. Alphabêtes and border ruffians. To train a writer. As to cartooning. The S. P. W.. Portraits of elderly authors. Wit and humor. Word changes and slang. The ravages of Shakspearitis. England's laureate. Hall Caine on Hall Caining. Visions of the night -- The reviewer: Edwin Markham's poems. "The Kreutzer Sonata". Emma Frances Dawson. Marie Bashkirtseff. A poet and his poem -- The controversialist: An insurrection of the peasantry. Montagues and Capulets. A dead lion. The short story. Who are great?. Poetry and verse. Thought and feeling -- The timorous reporter: The passing of satire. Some disadvantages of genius. Our sacrosanct orthography. The author as an opportunity. On posthumous renown. The crime of inattention. Fetishism. Our audible sisters. The new penology. The nature of war. How to grow great. A war in the Orient. A just decision. The lion's den -- The march hare: A flourishing industry. The rural press. To "elevate the stage". Pectolite. La boulangère. Advice to old men. A dubious vindication. The Jamaican mongoose.
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Credits |
Emmanuel Ackerman, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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Subject |
American literature
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Subject |
American essays
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
66576 |
Release Date |
Oct 20, 2021 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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