How to Read Literature Like a Professor
By Thomas C. Foster
A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, Revised Edition. Harper Perennial, 2014.
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Revealing the tricks of the English literature trade, including the common symbols and metaphors found in classic works, the allusions that litter many a page, and the patterns that professors teach their students to recognize so they can read on a deeper level.
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Who should read How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Lit teachers • college or high school students • bookworms • writers • anyone interested in the symbolism of storytelling • those who want to get more out of their reading experiences
About the author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster is an English professor at the University of Michigan and the author of numerous bestsellers on literary forms from classic prose and poetry to novels and nonfiction. His recent work, How to Write Like a Writer, takes a bit of a twist on his previous publications, offering a glimpse at literature from the other side, and acting as a guide for creative writing.
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