How to Read Literature Like a Professor
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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.
In this practical and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C. Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock those hidden truths, and to discover a world where a road leads to a quest; a shared meal may...
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- #50 in 11th Grade
- #8 in 12th Grade
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- #8 in 18-Year-Old
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- #17 in Analysis
- #53 in Education
- #67 in Entertaining
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- #85 in Literature
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- #63 in Teaching
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