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Titel och upphov Shady characters : the secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other typographical marks
Utgivning, distribution etc. W.W. Norton & Company, New York ; London : [2013]
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Anmärkning: Bibliografi etc. Includes bibliographical references and index
Anmärkning: Innehåll The pilcrow -- The interrobang -- The octothorpe -- The ampersand -- The @ symbol -- The asterisk and dagger -- The hyphen -- The dash -- The manicule -- Quotation marks -- Irony and sarcasm -- Irony in history -- Irony as typeface -- Internet irony
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ISBN 978-0-393-06442-1 0-393-06442-5
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A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography.
Whether investigating the asterisk (*) and dagger (+)--which alternately illuminated and skewered heretical verses of the early Bible--or the at sign (@), which languished in obscurity for centuries until rescued by the Internet, Keith Houston draws on myriad sources to chart the life and times of these enigmatic squiggles, both exotic (¶) and everyday (&).
From the Library of Alexandria to the halls of Bell Labs, figures as diverse as Charlemagne, Vladimir Nabokov, and George W. Bush cross paths with marks as obscure as the interrobang (?) and as divisive as the dash (--). Ancient Roman graffiti, Venetian trading shorthand, Cold War double agents, and Madison Avenue round out an ever more diverse set of episodes, characters, and artifacts.
Richly illustrated, ranging across time, typographies, and countries, Shady Characters will delight and entertain all who cherish the unpredictable and surprising in the writing life.
Preface p. ix How to Read this Book p. xii The Pilcrow p. 3 The Interrobang p. 25 The Octothorpe p. 41 The Ampersand p. 59 The @ Symbol p. 79 The Asterisk and Dagger p. 97 The Hyphen p. 121 The Dash p. 145 The Manicule p. 167 Quotation Marks p. 187 Irony and Sarcasm p. 211 Irony in History p. 212 Ironies p. 223 Digital Sarcasm p. 229 Afterword p. 245 Further Reading p. 247 Acknowledgments p. 249 Notes p. 251 Illustration Credits p. 321 Index p. 325