from SandSing7

I recommend this book to my incoming 10th grade Honors American Lit classes because it's one of the few books that covers archetypes, motifs, literary theory, and other important literary elements that's actually readable. Throughout the course of the year, we will put all of his chapters to use ...

from dogboi

Great introduction on reading literature at the symbolic level.

from kawika

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author is able to present broad concepts in an engaging way that will relate to a modern audience that is looking to add a little depth to that which they read. Certainly, there are more things that could have been covered, but this is an excellent starting poi...

from Castlelass

This book is a non-fiction guide by a professor at the University of Michigan-Flint on how to approach literary reading with a goal of better understanding. It is primarily focused on literature (loosely defined as works related to the human condition or what it means to be human) from the mid-tw...

from Misses_London

Foster sounds like a fun professor. I learned some new stuff, and I wish I'd thought to read something like this a long time ago. It wasn't quite as detailed as I'd have liked, and it felt difficult deciphering Foster's point at times when he'd gone too far into some of his many examples. I'd say...