Little House of Oxymorons - by Steven Carter (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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 the Author

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.