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How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form


<p>Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes's <b>Don Quixote</b> to the works of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and today's masters, the novel has grown with and adapted to changing societies and technologies, mixing tradition and innovation in every age throughout history.</p> <p>Thomas C. Foster—the sage and scholar who ingeniously led readers through the fascinating symbolic codes of great literature in his first book, <b>How to Read Literature Like a Professor</b>—now examines the grammar of the popular novel. Exploring how authors' choices about structure—point of view, narrative voice, first page, chapter construction, character emblems, and narrative (dis)continuity—create meaning and a special literary language, <b>How to Read Novels Like a Professor</b> shares the keys to this language with readers who want to get more insight, more understanding, and more pleasure from their reading.</p>

Author(s): Thomas C. Foster  

ISBN 10: 0061340405
ISBN 13: 9780061340406
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Publication: July 2008
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Other books by Thomas C. Foster

1. Form and Society in Modern Literature Hardcover (1988/07/31)
2. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Binding (2008)
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4. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (February 2003)
5. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Hardcover (February 2003)
6. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition
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