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Overview"The first practical and accessible guide to the art of punctuation for creative writers. Punctuation reveals the writer: haphazard commas, for example, reveal haphazard thinking; clear, lucid breaks reveal clear, lucid thinking. Punctuation can be used to teach the writer how to think and how to write. This short, practical book shows authors the benefits that can be reaped from mastering punctuation: the art of style, sentence length, meaning, and economy of words. There are full-length chapters devoted to the period, the comma, the semicolon, the colon, quotation marks, the dash and parentheses, the paragraph and section break, and a cumulative chapter on integrating them all into ""The Symphony of Punctuation."" Filled with exercises and examples from literary masters (Why did Poe and Melville rely on the semicolon? Why did Hemingway embrace the period?), A Dash of Style is interactive, highly engaging, and a necessity for creative writers as well as for anyone looking to make punctuation their friend instead of their mysterious foe." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Noah LukemanPublisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.175kg ISBN: 9780393329803ISBN 10: 0393329801 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 30 March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA master class. -- John Burt, Brandeis University A master class. --John Burt, Brandeis University A master class.--John Burt, Brandeis University Author InformationNoah Lukeman is the author of several bestselling books on the craft of writing, among them A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation. Noah lives in New York City, where he runs a literary agency. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |