Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

Hazrat, Florence
Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

Hazrat, Florence

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Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic gesture lets the reader know: here be feelings! Scott Fitzgerald famously stated exclamation marks are like laughing at your own joke; Terry Pratchett had a character say that multiple !!! are a 'sure sign of a diseased mind'. So what's the deal with ! ?

An Admirable Point recuperates the exclamation mark from its much maligned place at the bottom of the punctuation hierarchy. It explores how ! came about in the first place some six hundred years ago, and uncovers the many ways in which ! has left its mark on art, literature, (pop) culture, and just about any sphere of human activity - from Beowulf to spam emails, ee cummings to neuroscience.

Whether you think it's over-used, or enthusiastically sprinkle your writing with it, ! is inescapable.

Author:   Hazrat, Florence
Publisher:   Profile Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9781800811973


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   31 January 2023
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic gesture lets the reader know: here be feelings! Scott Fitzgerald famously stated exclamation marks are like laughing at your own joke; Terry Pratchett had a character say that multiple !!! are a 'sure sign of a diseased mind'. So what's the deal with ! ?

An Admirable Point recuperates the exclamation mark from its much maligned place at the bottom of the punctuation hierarchy. It explores how ! came about in the first place some six hundred years ago, and uncovers the many ways in which ! has left its mark on art, literature, (pop) culture, and just about any sphere of human activity - from Beowulf to spam emails, ee cummings to neuroscience.

Whether you think it's over-used, or enthusiastically sprinkle your writing with it, ! is inescapable.

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Author:   Hazrat, Florence
Publisher:   Profile Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9781800811973


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   31 January 2023
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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