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100 1 _aTurchi, Peter,
_d1960-
245 1 2 _aA muse and a maze :
_bwriting as puzzle, mystery, and magic /
_cPeter Turchi.
264 1 _aSan Antonio, Texas :
_bTrinity University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a244 pages :
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a""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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAuthorship.
650 0 _aPuzzles.
650 0 _aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing.
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