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Thomas C. Foster Reading List - Reading Literature Like a Professor

These are the books that the author of Reading Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster, proposes his readers to tackle after finishing his book, so that they can start putting theory to practice. Not a canon at all, he is keen on it, but some friendly advice for the enjoyment of good literature.
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between (Foster, Thomas C)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between
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Foster, Thomas C
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
2
Charles Dickens
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
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James Joyce
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies
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Julia Alvarez
Yo (Julia Alvarez)
Yo
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Julia Alvarez
Musée Des Beaux Arts (W.H. Auden)
Musée Des Beaux Arts
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W.H. Auden
In Praise of Limestone (W.H. Auden)
In Praise of Limestone
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W.H. Auden
"Sonny's Blues" (James Baldwin)
"Sonny's Blues"
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James Baldwin
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
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Samuel Beckett
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
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Anonymous
World's End (T.C. Boyle)
World's End
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T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle Stories
T.C. Boyle Stories
14
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
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Anita Brookner
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
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Lewis Carroll
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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Angela Carter
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
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Angela Carter
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
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Angela Carter
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
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Raymond Carver
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
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Joseph Conrad
The Gingerbread House (Robert Coover)
The Gingerbread House
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Robert Coover
The Bridge
The Bridge
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The Remorseful Day (Colin Dexter)
The Remorseful Day
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Colin Dexter
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
28
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
29
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
30
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
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Charles Dickens
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
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E.L. Doctorow
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
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Emma Donoghue
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
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Lawrence Durrell
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
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T.S. Eliot
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
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Louise Erdrich
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
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Helen Fielding
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