{"id":7061,"date":"2021-11-21T16:28:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=7061"},"modified":"2021-11-21T16:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:28:39","slug":"deliverance-of-sinners-ambrose-bierce-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/deliverance-of-sinners-ambrose-bierce-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliverance of Sinners: Ambrose Bierce Lives!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are by nature trivia-hounds, fascinated by those odd little nubbets which litter the universe \u2013 facts and fancies which provide endless interconnections between people, places, and events, often to no great purpose. And thus we were delighted to receive a copy of Don Swaim<\/strong>\u2019s new collection, Deliverance of Sinners: Essays & Sundry on Ambrose Bierce<\/em> (Errata Press, 2021) \u2013 the book you didn\u2019t realise you wanted (but you should).<\/p>\n

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Hang on, you mutter \u2013 is this going to be some dry, scholarly meditation on yet another dead white writer? Well, fear not. Deliverance of Sinners<\/em> may be scholarly under the surface, but Swaim is (as was Bierce) a journalist as well as an author, and has the knack of drawing you willingly into the most peculiar rabbit-holes. This is, quite frankly, a great read, darting in and out of so many aspects of Ambrose Bierce\u2019s life, his work, and his contemporaries that we\u2019d be surprised if you didn\u2019t find something of interest.<\/p>\n

Amongst enthusiasts of the weird, Ambrose Bierce<\/strong> (1842-1914?) may be best known for his tales of supernatural and psychological horror, such as \u2018The Damned Thing\u2019 and \u2018An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u2019, and for his origination of Carcosa, in \u2018An Inhabitant of Carcosa\u2019, which went on to be a keystone of Robert W Chambers<\/strong>\u2019 famous King in Yellow stories*. And of course, many have speculated about the (-1914?) element of his biography, as Bierce\u2019s date and place of death have never been established.<\/p>\n

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* See also our article on Carcosa, its roots, and the Carcosan art of Michael Hutter:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/joe-pulver-his-highness-in-yellow\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Bierce will remain an equivocal figure in American and world literature chiefly because his dark view of humanity is, by its very nature, unpopular. Most people like writing that is cheerful and uplifting, even though a substantial proportion of the world\u2019s great literature is quite otherwise.”<\/em><\/p>\n

S T Joshi<\/em><\/p>\n

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Drawn together from articles and pieces written by Swaim over the years, Deliverance of Sinners<\/em> produces a picture of Bierce and his times which is more entertaining and intriguing than many a biography.<\/p>\n

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Don Swaim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It teases, speculates and subverts, as well as providing a wealth of sourced material. The overall style is wry, yet Swaim\u2019s erudition and his understanding of Bierce shine through.<\/p>\n

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Contrast, for example, a detailed look at the unusual figure of Colonel Robert G Ingersoll<\/strong> (1833-1899), the rousing agnostic author and speaker who was, like Bierce, a veteran of Shiloh, with Swaim\u2019s light-hearted explanation of how rumour of Bierce\u2019s death relates to the Marfa Lights of Texas.<\/p>\n

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“The ‘Marfa Lights’ of west Texas have been called many names over the years, such as ghost lights, weird lights, mystery lights, or Chinati lights. The favorite place from which to view the lights is a widened shoulder on Highway 90 about nine miles east of Marfa. The lights are most often reported as distant spots of brightness, distinguishable from ranch lights and automobile headlights on Highway 67 (between Marfa and Presidio, to the south) primarily by their aberrant movements.” Judith Brueske<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Or try an imagined interview between Swaim and Bierce on politics, religion, terrorism and other issues, using Bierce\u2019s own words to provide the responses, followed by the author going on a road-trip with Bierce through contemporary America, in \u2018Return to Carcosa\u2019. Bar-fights and pithy remarks galore.<\/p>\n

Want something more complex and literary after that? Then dip into a fascinating article on Stephen Vincent Ben\u00e9t<\/strong>* (1898-1943), the author of \u2018The Devil and Daniel Webster\u2019 (and of the Pulitzer-winning epic poem \u2018John Brown\u2019s Body\u2019).<\/p>\n

It’s a story they tell in the border country, where Massachusetts<\/em>
\njoins Vermont and New Hampshire.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, Dan’l Webster’s dead–or, at least, they buried him. But every<\/em>
\ntime there’s a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, “Dan’l Webster–Dan’l<\/em>
\nWebster!” the ground’ll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake.<\/em><\/p>\n

And after a while you’ll hear a deep voice saying, “Neighbor, how<\/em>
\nstands the Union?” Then you better answer the Union stands as she<\/em>
\nstood, rock-bottomed and copper sheathed, one and indivisible, or he’s liable to rear right out of the ground. At least, that’s what I was<\/em>
\ntold when I was a youngster.<\/em><\/p>\n

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* A selection of Ben\u00e9t\u2019s tales can be found in Thirteen O’Clock: Stories of Several Worlds<\/em> \u2013 dry and odd in places, but often imaginative.<\/p>\n

Deliverance of Sinners<\/em> also includes what is perhaps one of S T Joshi<\/strong>\u2019s most extensive interviews (conducted by Swaim), covering Lovecraft (who described Bierce’s fictional work as “grim and savage”), Bierce himself, George Sterling and all manner of other topics.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s a piece on Bierce\u2019s appalling ‘Little Johnny’ sketches, dreadful mock-bumpkin \u2018shorts\u2019 which no one but Bierce seemed to like \u2013 and no one seems to know why he kept writing the ghastly things \u2013 followed by a far more worthy offering, Swaim\u2019s own one act play concerning the relationship between Bierce and the feminist writer Gertrude Atherton<\/strong> (1857-1948). Based on true events and drawing on Atherton\u2019s 1932 autobiography Adventures of a Novelist<\/em>, this is both touching and informative; we had read this one before, and found it just as good to revisit.<\/p>\n

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Atherton will also be known to supernaturalists for her disquieting stories, such as \u2018The Striding Place\u2019, which can be read in full here:<\/p>\n

the striding place (free to read)<\/a><\/p>\n

There are many more snippets and curios in Deliverance of Sinners<\/em>, enough to absorb the idle reader for some time, or to set the acadmeic on new trails. In short, this is a fine read and an excellent resource \u2013 studious and playful, clever and self-aware.<\/p>\n

\"Deliverance<\/a>amazon uk<\/a><\/p>\n

You might also be interested in Swaim\u2019s novelisation of Bierce\u2019s last days, The Assassination of Ambrose Bierce: A Love Story<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>amazon uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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John Linwood Grant’s recent second collection, Where All is Night, and Starless<\/em> (Trepidatio 2021) is out now in Pb and Kindle formats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AVAILABLE THROUGH AMAZON UK & US, AND THROUGH THE PUBLISHER, JOURNALSTONE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazon US: Where All is Night, and Starless<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazon UK: Where All is Night, and Starless<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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