Thomas C. Foster
English professor and author
Thomas C. Foster is an American author and English professor who wrote How to Read Literature Like a Professor, a guide to reading between the lines.
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About Thomas C. Foster
Foster has been teaching literature and writing since 1975. He is an English professor at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. He has taught classes in modern fiction, plays and verse, as well as creative writing and composition. How to Read Literature Like a Professor appeared in 2003 and became a common starting point for studying literary analysis in schools and colleges. He also wrote How to Read Novels Like a Professor, along with academic books including Seamus Heaney and Understanding John Fowles. Foster also gives talks and workshops at high schools across the United States.