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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Foster, Thomas C. (Author)

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ISBN: 0062301675     ISBN-13: 9780062301673
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Literary Criticism | Reference
Dewey: 808
Lexile Measure: 1150(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" L (0.60 lbs) 368 pages
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Index, Price on Product
 
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A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.

While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by looking at literature with the eyes--and the literary codes-of the ultimate professional reader, the college professor.

What does it mean when a literary hero is traveling along a dusty road? When he hands a drink to his companion? When he's drenched in a sudden rain shower?

Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices and form, Thomas C. Foster provides us with a broad overview of literature--a world where a road leads to a quest, a shared meal may signify a communion, and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just a shower-and shows us how to make our reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.

This revised edition includes new chapters, a new preface and epilogue, and incorporates updated teaching points that Foster has developed over the past decade.


Contributor Bio(s): Foster, Thomas C.: -

Thomas C. Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor and Reading the Silver Screen, is professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he taught classes in contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry, as well as creative writing and freelance writing. He is also the author of several books on 20th-century British and Irish literature and poetry.


 
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