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Quotations
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Ambrose Bierce (born 24 June 1842 – date of death uncertain; probably December 1913 or early 1914) American satirist, critic, short story writer, editor and journalist. He is perhaps most famous for his serialized mock lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary...


Biography

Name: Ambrose Bierce
Birth Date: June 24, 1842
Death Date: January, c. 1914
Place of Birth: Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Place of Death: Mexico
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Short-story writer, Novelist, Journalist, Poet, Essayist, Critic

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Biography of Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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The American writer Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842-ca. 1914) expressed the cynicism of the post-Civil War era and shaped both the materials and the methods of writers who later voiced the disillusionment following World War I. Ambrose Bierce was born in...
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Biography of Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
8,301 words, approx. 28 pages
The late Carey McWilliams, himself an astute observer of the national scene, has pointed out that every American should have some familiarity with Ambrose Bierce, that aloof and independent iconoclast who was in the thick of some of the most important...
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Biography of Ambrose (Gwinett) Bierce
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The late Carey McWilliams, an astute observer of the national scene, has pointed out that every American should have some familiarity with Ambrose Bierce , that aloof and independent iconoclast who was in the thick of some of the most important...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Ambrose Bierce Summary
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Born June 24, 1842 Meigs City, Ohio Died 1913 or 1914 Place of death unknown Civil War veteran who authored several short stories about the Civil...
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Ambrose Bierce Information
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (June 24 1842 – 1914(?)) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist, today best known for his Devil's Dictionary. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many of his...


News and Journals
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Freeman
Ambrose Bierce on Socialism
12/01/2004: 1,766 words, approx. 6 pages
Ambrose Bierce packed a pistol when he walked the streets of San Francisco. As a long-time editor and writer there, he made many enemies through the pungency of his pen. So he wisely carried a revolver in case of retaliation. He backed up that...
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ANQ
Poems of Ambrose Bierce. (book reviews)
01/01/1996: 835 words, approx. 3 pages
BIERCE, Ambrose. Edited with an introduction by M. E. Grenander. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995. xliv, 202 pp. $35.00. The University of Nebraska Press has recently published M[ary] E[lizabeth] Grenander's Poems of Ambrose Bierce. Because Bierce's reputation rests on his Civil War...
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The New York Observer
Snark: The First 2,000 Years
1/11/2006: 1,563 words, approx. 5 pages
As you may have been able to tell from The New York Times' diabetes series (following its series on gold), it's Pulitzer season and everyone's trying to jump on the multi-part bandwagon. Even MarketWatch's Jon Friedman is bringing out the big guns with a three-parter...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Ambrose Bierce
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This paper focuses on the writing career of Ambrose Bierce, but also contains a brief biography and a short analysis of both "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "Chickamauga."
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Essay Grade: 83%
Time Running Short
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The writing forms of Ambrose Bierse


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