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Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer

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Using the map as a metaphor, the author explores how writers and cartographers use many of the same devices for plotting and executing their work. This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600).

Artist / Author Peter Turchi
Publisher Trinity University Press
ISBN 978-1595340412
Reference P2513
Date 2008
Type Publication

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