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

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

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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 travels 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.

ISBN10: 0062301675	ISBN13: 9780062301673
Format: Paperback	Pages: 336
Publisher: Harper Perennial	GoodReads Rating: 4
Author: Thomas C. Foster,

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

Read the most by: boys and girls

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