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003			OCoLC
005			20230810122443.0
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019			_a1355714760 _a1373389748
020			_a9781567927870 _qpaperback
020			_a1567927874 _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1345021079 _z(OCoLC)1355714760 _z(OCoLC)1373389748
042			_apcc
092			_a411.7 _bH431
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aHazrat, Florence, _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn admirable point : _ba brief history of the exclamation mark! / _cFlorence Hazrat.
246	3	0	_aBrief history of the exclamation mark!
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
264		1	_aBoston : _bGodine, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a175 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
500			_aEdition statement found on Editor's note.
500			_a"First published in Great Britain by Profile Books, Ltd. in 2022"--Title page verso.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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!
650		0	_aExclamation point _xHistory.
655		7	_aCreative nonfiction. _2lcgft _9297933
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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