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Days in Dixie is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce born June,, assumed to have died sometime after December,was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist.
He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary, His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters", and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce".
Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W, C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories, His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events and the theme of war, In, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain firsthand experience of the Mexican Revolution, While traveling with rebel troops, he disappeared without a trace, Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wording and economy of style.
He wrote in a variety of literary genres, His short stories are held among the best of theth century, providing a

popular following based on his roots, He wrote realistically of the terrible things he had seen in the war in such stories as "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "The Boarded Window", "Killed at Resaca", and "Chickamauga".
In addition to his ghost and war stories, he also published several volumes of poetry, His Fantastic Fables anticipated the ironic style of grotesquerie that became a more common genre in theth century, One of Bierce's most famous works is his muchquoted book, The Devil's Dictionary, originally an occasional newspaper item which was first published in book form inas The Cynic's Word Book.
It consists of satirical definitions of English words which lampoon cant and political doubletalk, Under the entry "leonine", meaning a single line of poetry with an internal rhyming scheme, he included an apocryphal couplet written by the fictitious "Bella Peeler Silcox" i.
e. 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! Bierce's twelvevolume Collected Works were published in, the seventh volume of which consists solely of The Devil's Dictionary, the title Bierce himself preferred to The Cynic's Word Book.
It was not. It was me.
What a way to end it goodness, All around interesting read. Ambrose Gwinnett Biercewas an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist, Today, he is best known for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical lexicon, The Devils Dictionary.
The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work along with his vehemence as a critic, with his motto nothing matters earned him the nickname Bitter Bierce.
Despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W.
C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories, This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, l Ambrose Gwinnett Biercewas an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist and satirist.
Today, he is best known for his short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary.
The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work along with his vehemence as a critic, with his motto "nothing matters" earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce.
"Despite his reputation as a searing critic, however, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W.
C. Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories, This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, the theme of war, and impossible events, Bierce disappeared in Decemberat the age of, He is believed to have traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution, Despite an abundance of theories, Bierce's ultimate fate remains a mystery, He wrote in one of his final letters: "Good bye, If you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags, please know that I think it is a pretty good way to depart this life.
It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs, To be a Gringo in Mexico ah, that is euthanasia!" sitelink,