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Cargando... Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer (2004)por Peter Turchi
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. first i will say, this book is gorgeous, and full of good ideas. but, ultimately, turchi gives us the tools to recognize the failures of his own "map." the book is full of blank spaces that he himself wasn't aware of: why are most of his literary examples white, male, and european? why does his reference to the blues form (and this is one of his only references to the writing of POC) end up in a brief footnote, while countless other writers get pages of close-reading? for a book that otherwise seems so aware of the politics/biases of maps, this strikes me as a pretty unforgivable mistake. I don't know what I was expecting when I purchased this book, but it delivers something quite other than the vague thoughts I might have had. Essentially, this is a book for writers, so it is in the wrong category, but that's where I had it originally, and it is sort of about maps. There are many good ideas regarding approaches to writing, style and generally thinking outside the box. It is heavily illustrated with many kinds of "maps," from a simple chess board to a highly schematic way finder for an urban metro system, from a highly imaginative Renaissance mappa mundi to a modern highway map. Turchi tries to relate ways of delivering a story to the functions of the many types of map. He has lectured to writers' workshops about imaginative approaches to writing, and in fact this book arose out of just such a lecture. The book is very interesting for readers interested in getting inside the fictional writing process. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Given that our capacity for abstraction is great, greater than we may realize, it isn't necessary for a map user to know the first thing about projection formulas. A map maker, however, is obliged to understand exactly what he is doing.
This isn't an instruction book, but it does present a different angle with which to look at a writing project. Whether it will prove useful is unknown, but the maps were lovely, as was the author's discussions around them. ( )