Shady Characters

Name: Shady Characters
Brand: W W NORTON & CO
SKU: 9780393064421
Price: 18.63 EUR
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The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

Autor: Keith Houston

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Väzba: Pevná

Vydavateľ: W W NORTON & CO

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A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves...

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Autor

Keith Houston

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2013

Stránok

352

EAN

9780393064421

ISBN

0393064425

Enbook ID

04603669

Vydavateľ

W W NORTON & CO

Hmotnosť

538

Rozmery

151 x 218 x 28

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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."

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