I liked this article about the history of the dash as a grammatical sign. Ben Yagoda discusses the versatility of the dash and shows how various writers (Dickinson, Twain, and Fitzgerald) have used it to great affect.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/mad-dash/?smid=pl-share
About forstegrupp
Currently I am an English teacher at an independent school outside of Philadelphia.
To arrive at this way point, I spent many years in graduate school researching, reading, learning, and studying and finally earned a doctorate in comparative literature from Harvard University. I specialized in medieval orality and literacy.
My private interests include baking, knitting, spinning, and gardening.