An admirable point : a brief history of the exclamation mark! / Florence Hazrat.
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- Brief history of the exclamation mark!
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Splendid exploration"-- Wall Street Journal
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 ! ?
Whether you think it's over-used, or enthusiastically sprinkle your writing with it, ! is inescapable. 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.
Includes index.
Edition statement found on Editor's note.
"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books, Ltd. in 2022"--Title page verso.
"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.
Introduction: 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 ! -- Epilogue: Quo vadis!