Poetry · Character
Jay Gould
The notorious Gilded Age financier, summoned into Bierce's verse as shorthand for the era's rapacious, unapologetic wealth.
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First appearance: poetry
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Mentioned indirectly as 'Miss Gould,' whose brain is half-fooled by the event.
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In A Partial Eclipse: Mentioned indirectly as 'Miss Gould,' whose brain is half-fooled by the event. Later, in XVII: The deceased subject…
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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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