Thomas C. Foster Biography

Twenty-five Books That Shaped America: A History of American Literature was written by Thomas C. Foster, an English professor at the University of Michigan Flint. How the Green Lights, Restless Spirits, and White Whales Shaped Our National Identity A lively and entertaining guide on reading between the lines, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, and How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form (all published by HarperCollins). Foster is a witty and amusing introduction to novels and all other literary forms. As the ultimate professional reader and a college professor for over 25 years, he demonstrates to audiences (laypeople and students) how to improve the quality, satisfaction, and enjoyment of their daily reading. Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America, his most recent book Foster examines the major works of American literature and how each of them has influenced our entire existence as readers, students, instructors, and Americans using a combination of knowledge and insight. He begins with Ben Franklin's autobiography before moving on to Henry David Thoreau's Walden and James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. My Antonia by Willa Cather and Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The Maltese Falcon USA, The Grapes of Wrath, and Song of Solomon are among the best later choices. Foster sheds light on how these pieces of art caught a particular American moment, how they affected how we thought of ourselves as citizens, and what aspects of them persisted in the American character.

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