Maps of the imagination
the writer as cartographer
by Peter Turchi
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"Maps of the Imagination takes us on a magic carpet ride over terrain both familiar and exotic. Using the map as a metaphor, fiction writer Peter Turchi considers writing as a combination of exploration and presentation, all the while serving as an erudite and charming guide. He compares the way a writer leads a reader through the imaginary world of a story, novel, or poem to the way a mapmaker charts the physical world." "The ancient Greeks, German globe makers, and British cartographers join forces with the Marx Brothers, NASA, and Roadrunner cartoons to shed light on the strategies of writers as diverse as Sappho, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Italo Calvino, Don DeLillo, and Heather McHugh." "A unique combination of history, critical cartography, personal essay, and practical guide to writing, Maps of the Imagination is a book for writers, for readers, and for anyone interested in creativity."--Jacket.
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Cartography, Fiction, History and criticism, Theory, Fiction, history and criticism, Roman, Histoire et critique, Théorie, Cartographie, Letterkunde, Verbeelding, Kaarten (geografie), Phantasiekarte, Literatur, Kartographie, Maps in literature, Fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc, Literary criticism, General| Edition | Availability |
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Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer
August 28, 2007, Trinity University Press
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Maps of the imagination: the writer as cartographer
2004, Trinity University Press
in English
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Maps of the imagination: the writer as cartographer
2004, Trinity University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-240).
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245 p. : 22 cm
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