“Reading is a full contact sport; we crash up against the wave of words with all of our intellectual, imaginative, and emotional resources. What results can sometimes be as much our creation as the novelist's or playwright's.” ReadingLiteratureCharactersReading Life Book:How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines Source: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines