Maps of the Imagination

Author: Peter Turchi
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 159534005X

Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer

Maps of the Imagination takes us on a magic carpet ride over terrain both familiar and exotic. Download Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. 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 though the imaginary world of a story, novel, or poem to the way a mapmaker charts the physical world. "To ask for a map," says Turchi, "is to say, ATell me a story.' "
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