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Peter Turchi - Maps of the Imagination, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Maps of the Imagination

Av Peter Turchi

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Beskrivning
This book tells us how maps help us to understand where we are in the world in the same way that literature, whether realistic or experimental, attempts to explain our realities. "Maps of the Imagination" explores how writers and cartographers use many of the same devices for plotting and executing their work, making crucial decisions about what to include and what to leave out, in order to get us from here to there, without excess baggage or a confusing surplus of information.Turchi traces the history of maps, from their initial decorative and religious purposes to their later instructional applications. He describes how maps rely on projections in order to portray a three-dimensional world on the two-dimensional flat surface of paper, which he goes on to relate to what writers do in projecting a literary work from the imagination onto the page.Drawing from texts as varied as poetry by Louise Gluck, stories by Kate Chopin and Robert Coover, novels by Robert Louis Stevenson and Italo Calvino, the film "Memento", and Chuck Jones' "Roadrunner" cartoons, Turchi ranges across a wide literary geography, illustrating his argument with an array of maps and illustrations, which will be scattered throughout the text.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2007-10-11
  • Mått: 139 x 209 x 24 mm
  • Vikt: 496 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 246
  • Förlag: Trinity University Press,U.S.
  • ISBN: 9781595340412
  • Utmärkelser: Book Art Foundation of Germany Stiftung Buchkunst Silver Medal
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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 UKCynthiaR

    I purchased this book for an eight-week online writing course. Because I recently moved to Sweden, I was very happy to find it available in Sweden so I wouldn't have to pay for shipping from the UK or US. The service was so fast! Thank you, bokus.com!

    As to the book, this is a wonderful resource. I recommend the print version because of the beautiful maps and other illustrations. Usually, I buy Kindle-friendly books but I wanted this "paper book" in my library to enjoy the rich detail of the many prints, old maps and graphics.

    If you are interested in creative writing, expanding your imagination, working with a process to understand how the mind works and how you can "map" your way to a better product, this is the perfect book. If you only want to look at the beautiful maps and "dip your toe" in the artistic process, then this is also a wonderful book.

    I like the paperback so much that, later, I will purchase the hard-bound book. But now I am taking notes, highlighting and doodling in the margins of the paperback -- very happily. A great book.