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A muse and a maze

writing as puzzle, mystery, and magic

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An edition of A muse and a maze (2014)

A muse and a maze

writing as puzzle, mystery, and magic

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"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. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving. As he teases out how mystery lies at the heart of all storytelling, he 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"--

""Turchi explores how every piece of writing is a kind of puzzle, offers tangrams as a model for presenting complex characters; suggests labyrinths as an alternative to the narrative line, and argues that readers and writers, like puzzle solvers, not only tolerate but find pleasure in difficulty"--Provided by publisher"--

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English
Pages
244

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A muse and a maze: writing as puzzle, mystery, and magic
2014, Trinity University Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.02
Library of Congress
PN145 .T87 2014, PN145.T87 2014, PN145

The Physical Object

Pagination
244 pages
Number of pages
244

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28284883M
Internet Archive
museandmazewriti0000turc
ISBN 10
1595341935, 1595347593
ISBN 13
9781595341938, 9781595341945, 9781595347596
LCCN
2014031079
OCLC/WorldCat
858602624

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