How to read literature like a professor vs The educated imagination: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of How to read literature like a professor

How to read literature like a professor Thomas C. Foster · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.9 325 pages · ≈ 6 h 01 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of The educated imagination

The educated imagination Northrop Frye · 1963 ★★★★☆ 4.1 68 pages · ≈ 1 h 16 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The educated imagination higher: 4.1 vs 3.9 from 1936 votes.
The educated imagination is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 6 for How to read literature like a professor.

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