How to Read Novels Like a Professor
A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form
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Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed...and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote 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.
Thomas C. Foster - the sage and scholar who ingeniously led audiences through the fascinating symbolic codes of great literature in his first book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor - 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, How to Read Novels Like a Professor shares the keys to this language with audiences who want to get more insight, more understanding, and more pleasure from their reading.
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Ayn Rand discusses how a writer combines abstract ideas with concrete action and description to achieve a unity of theme, plot, characterization, and style, the four essential elements of fiction. Here, too, are Rand's illuminating analyses of passages from famous writers, rewrites of scenes from her own works, and fascinating rules for building dramatic plots and characters with depth.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Get Stein on Writing
- De Lois en 12-04-09
De: Ayn Rand
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The Art of the Novel
- De: Milan Kundera, Linda Asher - translator
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on Hermann Broch, and his exploration of the world of Kafka's novels vividly reveals the comic terror of Kafka's bureaucratized universe. Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the postpsychological novel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative and Inspiring
- De Mo en 11-27-21
De: Milan Kundera, y otros
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Cultural Amnesia
- Notes in the Margin of My Time
- De: Clive James
- Narrado por: Clive James
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 149
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
From Anna Akhmatova to Stefan Zweig, via Charles de Gaulle, Hitler, Thomas Mann and Charlie Chaplin, this varied and unfailingly absorbing book is both story and history, both public memoir and personal record - and provides an essential field-guide to the vast movements of taste, intellect, politics and delusion that helped to prepare the times we live in now.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable and well narrated
- De Larbi en 05-18-08
De: Clive James
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Jewish Comedy
- A Serious History
- De: Jeremy Dauber
- Narrado por: Jeremy Dauber
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 177
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 153
In a major work of scholarship both erudite and very funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from Biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organizing his book thematically into what he calls the seven strands of Jewish comedy - including the satirical, the witty, and the vulgar - Dauber explores the ways Jewish comedy has dealt with persecution, assimilation, and diaspora through the ages. He explains the rise and fall of popular comic archetypes such as the Jewish mother, the JAP, and the schlemiel and schlimazel.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not funny
- De supermantwo en 08-31-20
De: Jeremy Dauber
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Poetry in Person
- Twenty-five Years of Conversation with America's Poets
- De: Lucille Clifton, Alexander Neubauer - editor, Eamon Grennan, y otros
- Narrado por: Alexander Neubauer
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
This first audio edition of Poetry in Person: 25 Years of Conversation with America’s Poets (Knopf, 2010), invites listeners into an intimate classroom with eight acclaimed poets. Full of compelling, in-depth conversation about manuscripts and drafts by the poets themselves, plus readings of the finished poems, these historic recordings offer one of the most detailed portraits ever produced of how poems are actually made.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De d en 08-28-16
De: Lucille Clifton, y otros
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Sontag
- Her Life and Work
- De: Benjamin Moser
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 22 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
No writer is as emblematic of the American 20th century as Susan Sontag. Mythologized and misunderstood, lauded and loathed, a girl from the suburbs who became a proud symbol of cosmopolitanism, Sontag left a legacy of writing on art and politics, feminism and homosexuality, celebrity and style, medicine and drugs, radicalism and Fascism and Freudianism and Communism and Americanism, that forms an indispensable key to modern culture.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cloying voice
- De Suzanne en 11-02-19
De: Benjamin Moser
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Origins of The Wheel of Time
- The Legends and Mythologies That Inspired Robert Jordan
- De: Michael Livingston, Harriet McDougal - contributor, Robert Jordan
- Narrado por: Harriet McDougal, Kate Reading, Michael Kramer, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 136
Take a deep dive into the real-world history and mythology that inspired the world of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time®. This companion to the internationally bestselling series will delve into the creation of Jordan’s masterpiece, drawing from interviews and an unprecedented examination of his unpublished notes. Michael Livingston tells the behind-the-scenes story of who Jordan was, how he worked, and why he holds such an important place in modern literature. Origins of The Wheel of Time will provide exciting knowledge and insights to both new and longtime fans.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Agenda driven ideological bend.
- De Maxwell en 06-19-23
De: Michael Livingston, y otros
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Semicolon
- The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
- De: Cecelia Watson
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 3 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
A pause-resisting, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation mark. Through her rollicking biography of the semicolon, Watson writes a guide to grammar that explains why we don’t need guides at all and refocuses our attention on the deepest, most primary value of language: true communication.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Silly me; I thought it was about semicolons
- De Jeffrey D en 08-15-19
De: Cecelia Watson
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The Glamour of Grammar
- De: Roy Peter Clark
- Narrado por: Roy Peter Clark
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
Early in the history of English, glamour and grammar were the same word, linked to enchantment and magical spells. Now grammar brings to mind language bullies and bored-out-of-their-skulls students. Roy Peter Clark, one of America’s most influential writing teachers, wants to change that by putting the glamour back into grammar.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wasteful
- De ABID en 12-05-13
De: Roy Peter Clark
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The Western Canon
- The Books and School of the Ages
- De: Harold Bloom
- Narrado por: James Armstrong
- Duración: 22 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 233
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
Harold Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon. He argues against ideology in literary criticism; he laments the loss of intellectual and aesthetic standards; he deplores multiculturalism, Marxism, feminism, neoconservatism, Afrocentrism, and the New Historicism. Insisting instead upon "the autonomy of aesthetic," Bloom places Shakespeare at the center of the Western Canon.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A personal and opinionated book on the Canon
- De Steffen en 07-23-12
De: Harold Bloom
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Angels and Ages
- A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life
- De: Adam Gopnik
- Narrado por: Adam Gopnik
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Written 200 years after Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln shared a birthday on February 12, 1809, this insightful account sheds new light on two men who changed the way we think about the meaning of life and death. Award-winning journalist Adam Gopnik's unique perspective, combined with previously unexplored stories and figures, reveals two men planted firmly at the roots of modern views and liberal values.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Connecting Darwin and Lincoln
- De Joshua Kim en 06-10-12
De: Adam Gopnik
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Talking About Detective Fiction
- De: P. D. James
- Narrado por: Diana Bishop
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
To judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P. D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her as a novelist for nearly 50 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and Informative
- De Nancy J en 03-17-13
De: P. D. James
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Reading Like a Writer
- De: Francine Prose
- Narrado por: Nanette Savard
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 233
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 150
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 145
In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters and discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire listeners to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Practical, literate, generous
- De Gare en 04-13-08
De: Francine Prose
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Batman Unauthorized
- Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City
- De: Dennis O'Neil - editor, Leah Wilson - editor
- Narrado por: Colby Elliott
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 147
Compiled by a veteran writer of the comic series, this collection of essays explores Batman’s motivations and actions, as well as those of his foes. Batman is a creature of the night, more about vengeance than justice, more plagued by doubts than full of self-assurance, and more darkness than light. He has no superpowers, just skill, drive, and a really well-made suit.
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1 out of 5 stars
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batman uninformed opinions
- De Aurey C. en 04-13-17
De: Dennis O'Neil - editor, y otros
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Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
- How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature
- De: Elizabeth Winkler
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English literature. Scholars admit that the Bard’s biography is a “black hole,” yet to publicly question the identity of the god of English literature is unacceptable, even (some say) “immoral.” In Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, journalist and literary critic Elizabeth Winkler sets out to probe the origins of this literary taboo.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De Virgil Tracy en 06-03-23
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The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.
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The New York Times best-selling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It was pretty good
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In How to Read Literature like a Professor: For Kids, New York Times best-selling author and Professor Thomas C. Foster gives tweens the tools they need to become thoughtful readers. With funny insights and a conversational style, he explains the way writers use symbol, metaphor, characterization, setting, plot, and other key techniques to make a story come to life.
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The Entertainment
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Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America
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From the author of the New York Times best-selling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative new book on the 25 works of literature that have most shaped the American character. Foster applies his much-loved combination of wit, know-how, and analysis to explain how each work has shaped our very existence as readers, students, teachers, and Americans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An book that will inspire you to others.
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Third Edition)
- A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give
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How to Read a Book
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5 out of 5 stars
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How to Write Like a Writer
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4 out of 5 stars
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It was pretty good
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- Nathaniel
- 04-09-24
Not a how to at all
Rather than examining how to read a novel, the author shares his opinions on several novels. He expresses his opinions with snark and sarcasm, but the book lacks structure and his ideas lack cohesion. This book is more like a collection of book summaries made into short essays loosely converging around the theme of each chapter. It does not feel he has written this book for you the reader and your edification, but for himself, moralizing about what he values. A 'good' author, in Foster's opinion, is just an author he likes.
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