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Turchi, Peter, 1960-
Subjects
Authorship -- Philosophy.
Creative writing.
Mystery in literature.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Puzzles -- History.
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Turchi, Peter, 1960-
Authorship -- Philosophy.
Creative writing.
Mystery in literature.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Puzzles -- History.
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A
muse
and a
maze
:
writing
as
puzzle
,
mystery
, and
magic
/ Peter Turchi.
by
Turchi, Peter, 1960-
Trinity University Press, [2014]
Call #:
808.02 T932m
Subjects
Authorship -- Philosophy.
Creative
writing
.
Mystery
in literature.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Puzzles -- History.
ISBN:
9781595341938 (hc.)
1595341935 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Muse
& a
maze
Description:
244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
The contemplation of recurring patterns -- 1. Directions for attaining knowledge of all dark things -- 2. How, from such wreckage, we evolve the eventual effect -- 3. Seven clever pieces -- 4. The treasure hunter's dilemma -- 5. The line, the pyramid, and the labyrinth -- 6. The pleasures of difficulty -- Sources and solutions.
Summary:
"How every piece of
writing
is a kind of
puzzle
. With his characteristic talent for finding connections between
writing
and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory, drawing out the similarities between
writing
and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving. How
mystery
lies at the heart of all storytelling. The author uncovers the
magic
-- the creation of credible illusion -- that writers share with the likes of Houdini and master magicians. In Turchi's associative narrative, we learn about the history of puzzles, their obsessive quality, and that Benjamin Franklin was a devotee of an ancient precursor of sudoku called
Magic
Squares. Applying this rich backdrop to the requirements of
writing
, Turchi reveals as much about the human psyche as he does about the literary imagination and the creative process. Peter Turchi is the author of Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer. He is a professor of creative
writing
at the University of Houston"--Provided by publisher.
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