Little House of Oxymorons Steven Carter

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This volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume sequel to Ambrose Bierce's notorious The Devil's Dictionary of a century ago.

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Little House of Oxymorons: with commentaries by Steven Carter

Eschewing old clunkers like military intelligence and student-athlete, this volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume sequel to Ambrose Bierce's notorious The Devil's Dictionary of a century ago. Cover image: Allison O'Donnell, Resist, 2008. Acrylic and graphite painting on rag board.

Little House of Oxymorons Reviews

Steven Carter's triumph is to have established a sort of universal ethic of 'how to be,' while promoting at the same time a holistic view of human beings in individual social, cultural, and psychological contexts. -- Amelia de Moura Tavares, University of Lisbon
Exquisite. -- Glenn Lucke, University of Virginia
To their credit, Steven Carter's books make honorable attempts to shore against our ruins a devotion to the powers of erudition, critical analysis, and judgment. In the words of Ezra Pound in Canto LXXXI, 'Here error is all in the not done, all in the diffidence that faltered. . .' For Steven Carter, these are words to live by. -- Edwin J. Barton, Bakersfield College
Steven Carter has acquitted himself well. -- James Geary, author of All Aphorisms, All The Time and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists

About Steven Carter

Steven Carter, the only two-time winner of Italy's coveted Nuove Lettere International Poetry and Literature Prize, served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow at two Polish universities. He is Emeritus Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield.

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NLS9780761851035

ISBN 13

9780761851035

ISBN 10

0761851038

Title

Little House of Oxymorons: with commentaries by Steven Carter

Author

Steven Carter

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

University Press of America

Year published

2010-04-20

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