How to read literature like a professor a lively and entertaining guide to reading between the lines
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...
| Main Author: | Foster, Thomas C. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Quill,
c2003.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- How'd he do that?
- Every trip is a quest
- Nice to eat with you
- Acts of vampires
- If it's square, it's a sonnet
- Now, where have i seen her before?
- When in doubt, it's from Shakespeare
- Or the bible
- Hanseldee and Greteldum
- It's Greek to me
- It's more than just rain or snow
- Interlude: does he mean that?
- More than it's gonna hurt you
- Is that a symbol?
- It's all political
- Yes, she's a Christ figure, too
- Flights of fancy
- It's all about sex
- Except sex
- If she comes up, it's baptism
- Geography matters
- do does season
- Interlude: One story
- Marked for greatness
- He's blind for a reason, you know
- It's never just heart disease
- Rarely just illness
- Don't read with your eyes
- Is he serious?
- other ironies
- Test case
- Envoi
- Appendix
- Reading list.