The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days
A Mock Lexicon of Paradoxical Definitions, Aphorisms, and Social SatireDe Elbert Hubbard
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The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days is a playful lexicon in which conventional definitions give way to satire, paradox, aphorism, and irreverent social observation. Rather than treating language as a neutral system, the volume exposes how words carry fashionable prejudices, moral evasions, and institutional habits. Its compressed entries invite comparison with the tradition of the mock dictionary, especially the witty skepticism of Samuel Johnson and Ambrose Bierce, while its typography, tone, and communal authorship reflect the Arts and Crafts ethos of the Roycroft movement. The book is consequently both a literary amusement and a small manifesto for independent thinking. Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915), founder of the Roycroft artisan and publishing community in East Aurora, New York, made a career of combining literature, design, business, and reformist commentary. His admiration for William Morris and his experience as a successful advertising entrepreneur helped shape a publishing practice that valued craftsmanship, accessible moral instruction, and intellectual self-reliance. The collaborative pseudonym "Ali Baba and the Bunch" captures Hubbard's preference for sociable, performative authorship rather than the solemn authority of the isolated man of letters. Readers interested in wordplay, cultural criticism, book history, or the American Arts and Crafts movement will find this concise volume richly rewarding. Its humor remains most effective when read as an invitation to question inherited meanings, making it especially suitable for those who enjoy dictionaries that illuminate society as much as language.
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GêneroHumor
Duração2 h 12 min
Narrado porOuça com mais de 1.000 vozes
FormatoeBook com áudio
Data de publicação29 de nov. de 2023
IdiomaInglês
Sumário
1The City of Beautiful Nonsense (Annotated)
2The Comic History of Rome (Annotated)
3Negligible Tales (14 Unabridged Tales) (Annotated)
4Tristram Shandy (Annotated)
5Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (Annotated)
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