{"id":725,"date":"2011-10-03T07:20:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T14:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2011-10-12T07:31:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T14:31:21","slug":"how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor-a-lively-and-entertaining-guide%e2%80%a6-by-thomas-c-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide\u2026  by Thomas C. Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/29255\/book\/77826613\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/006000942X.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" alt=\"How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide\u2026 by Thomas C. Foster\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Foster presents the reader with a number of skills in literature analysis.  It is a light and pleasurable read providing a good introduction to symbolism in literature.  <\/p>\n<p>The first few chapters cover simple object and form analysis, then he expands into looking at events and actions.  The book concludes with a short story and full analysis at three different levels.  <\/p>\n<p>Thomas often states that analysis isn&#8217;t necessary to enjoying literature, you can still enjoy a story for what it is.  And a good story should stand on its own without analysis.  But understanding symbolism can open a new window to literature and its enjoyment.  <\/p>\n<p>The book has loaded with examples from well-known literature.  Thomas does a very good job of helping the reader to understand the symbolism and how the reader can get there.<\/p>\n<p>The book is very enjoyable and enlightening.  Anyone who enjoys literature, but misses the symbolism, should check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Foster presents the reader with a number of skills in literature analysis. It is a light and pleasurable read providing a good introduction to symbolism in literature. The first few chapters cover simple object and form analysis, then he expands into looking at events and actions. The book concludes with a short story and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}