Ambrose Bierce's Civilians and soldiers in context : a critical study
Donald T. Blume rejects the view that ""In the Midst of Life"", the second volume of Bierce's collected works, is his most important literary work. Instead, he posits that Bierce's original 1892 collection is his most definitive and authoritative opus.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxii, 400 pages ; 24 cm
9780873387903, 9780873387781, 0873387902, 0873387783
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"A holy terror"
"An inhabitant of Carcosa"
"Killed at Resaca"
"One of the missing"
"A son of the Gods"
"A tough tussle"
"Chickamauga"
"The horseman in the sky"
"The coup de grace"
"The suitable surroundings"
"The affair at Coulter's notch"
"The watcher by the dead"
"The man and the snake"
"An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
"The middle toe of the right foot"
"Haita, the shepherd"
"James Adderson, philosopher and wit"
"An heiress from Redhorse"
"The boarded window."