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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition

A thoroughly revised and expanded 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.


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A masterful and engaging guide to writing anything and everything! This essential primer to reading poetry unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles. Learn how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media. A lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying, and fun. A fun and enriching guide to America told through twenty-five essential works of literature. Gain the expertise and confidence to analyze the movies you love!

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0062301675
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial; Revised edition (February 25, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780062301673
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062301673
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1150L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1 x 5.2 x 7.9 inches

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A thoroughly revised and expanded 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.


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4.6 out of 5 stars 55

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4.3 out of 5 stars 445

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4.4 out of 5 stars 84

4.4 out of 5 stars 69

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A masterful and engaging guide to writing anything and everything! This essential primer to reading poetry unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles. Learn how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media. A lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying, and fun. A fun and enriching guide to America told through twenty-five essential works of literature. Gain the expertise and confidence to analyze the movies you love!

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0062301675
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial; Revised edition (February 25, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780062301673
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062301673
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1150L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1 x 5.2 x 7.9 inches

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