A muse and a maze : writing as puzzle, mystery, and magic / Peter Turchi.
"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"--Pr...
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| Language: | English |
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San Antonio, Texas :
Trinity University Press,
[2014]
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| Physical Description: | 244 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Writing as puzzle, mystery, and magic.
Muse & a maze. [Spine title] |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
"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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| Call Number: | PN145 .T87 2014 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781595341938 1595341935 |