Poetry · Character
Greer Harrison
A supporting figure in Bierce's satirical verse, caught in the swirl of political schemers, temperance cranks, and self-promoting hacks who populate the poet's America.
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Also known as Harrison, Greer
First appearance: poetry
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A soul ascending to Heaven, he defends his playwriting and is struck down by Saint Peter.
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Harrison moves through Bierce's satirical landscape alongside opportunists like McDonald, who peddles his own Sunday-school book as a front for a Pacific Bank account, and St. John, who trades souls with a former…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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