How to Read Literature Like a Professor

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

Author
Thomas C. Foster (Author)
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Publication date
1 March 2003
Language
English
Format
Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN
978-0-06-000942-7

Book description

What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface—a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character—and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you.

Author biography

Tom Foster is Professor of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he teaches classes in contemporary fiction, drama and poetry as well as creative writing and composition. He has written several books on twentieth-century British and Irish literature and poetry and lives in East Lansing, Michigan.

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