This aqrticle I found some weeks ago in Boston.com is a good analysis of the contemporary use of the semicolon Enjoy!
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/10/sex_and_the_semicolon/
Max
Max Morenberg
Emeritus Professor
Department of English
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
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