A Prescription for Adversity: The Moral Art of Ambrose Bierce

by Lawrence I. Berkove

A Prescription for Adversity makes the revolutionary case that Ambrose Bierce, far from being a bitter misanthrope, was instead both a compassionate and moral author. Berkove, focusing on Bierce's short fiction, establishes the necessity of recognizing the pattern of his intellectual and literary development over the course of his career. The author shows that Bierce, probably the American author with the most extensive experience of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814250912
• ISBN13: 9780814250914
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"