How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines Revised Edition Contributor(s): Foster, Thomas C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 006232652X ISBN-13: 9780062326522 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
Dewey: 808 |
Lexile Measure: 1150 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 496 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Thomas C. Foster's classic guide--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes, and contexts--shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps readers discover the deeper meanings of novels, poems, and plays by looking at literature with the eyes--and literary codes--of the ultimate professional reader: the college professor. This revised and updated edition contains new chapters, new preface and epilogue, and updated teaching points developed over the last decade. What does it mean when a literary hero travels along a dusty road? When he's drenched in a sudden rain shower? Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, Foster provides us with a broad overview of literature--a world where a road leads to a quest 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. |
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. |