| Description |
175 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books, Ltd. in 2022."--Title page verso. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The spiked delights of ! -- A very pathetical point : ! through ages -- The period that blew its top : thinking and feeling ! -- 'so !f!' : literature and the flaming pink scarf -- Oi!!! : perking up with punctuation -- Radiating punctuation : exclamatory politics and the nuclear bomb -- At your fingertips : digital ! -- Quo vadis! |
| Summary |
"Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation point. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic gesture lets the reader know: here be feelings! Scott Fitzgerald famously stated exclamation points are like laughing at your own joke; Terry Pratchett had a Discworld character say that multiple !!! are a 'sure sign of a diseased mind'. So what's the deal with ! ? AN ADMIRABLE POINT recuperates the exclamation point from its much-maligned and misunderstood 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Exclamation point -- History.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Creative nonfiction.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Hazrat, Florence. Admirable point Boston : Godine, 2023 9781567927887 (DLC) 2022038099 |
| ISBN |
9781567927870 (paperback) |
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1567927874 (paperback) |
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