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A Muse and a Maze : Writing As Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic by Peter Turchi is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Muse and a Maze : Writing As Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic about?
"With his characteristic genius for finding connections between writing and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving. As he teases out how mystery lies at the heart of all storytelling, he uncovers the magic -- the creation of credible illusion -- that writers share with the likes of Houdini and master magicians. In Turchi's associative narrative, we learn about the history of puzzles, their obsessive quality, and that Benjamin Franklin was a devotee of an ancient precursor of sudoku called Magic Squares. Applying this rich backdrop to the requirements of writing, Turchi reveals as much about the human psyche as he does about the literary imagination and the creative process"--Provided by publisher
Who reads A Muse and a Maze : Writing As Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter Turchi
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781595341938
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Games, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.25 / 5 (73 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14