Soldier's heart :
Samet, Elizabeth D.
Soldier's heart : reading literature through peace and war at West Point / Elizabeth D. Samet. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. - x, 259 p. ; 22 cm. Hard Boound
Gratis. $23.00.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-259).
Prologue: year of the plague --
Not your father's army --
Books are weapons --
Becoming Penelope, the only woman in the room --
To obey or not to obey --
Bibles, lots of Bibles --
The courage of soldiers --
Anatomy of sacrifice --
Epilogue: Ave atque Vale.
A West Point English professor discusses teaching literature to young men and women preparing for war, describing the changes that have occurred since September 11, what it means to be a civilian teaching at a military academy, and what books and movies mean to her students.
9780374180638 (alk. paper)
2007009159
United States Military Academy.
American literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point.
English literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point.
Literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point.
American literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point.
English literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point.
Literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point.
Literature and morals.
Military cadets--Intellectual life.
PS49.U65 / S36 2007
810.71174731 SAM
Soldier's heart : reading literature through peace and war at West Point / Elizabeth D. Samet. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. - x, 259 p. ; 22 cm. Hard Boound
Gratis. $23.00.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-259).
Prologue: year of the plague --
Not your father's army --
Books are weapons --
Becoming Penelope, the only woman in the room --
To obey or not to obey --
Bibles, lots of Bibles --
The courage of soldiers --
Anatomy of sacrifice --
Epilogue: Ave atque Vale.
A West Point English professor discusses teaching literature to young men and women preparing for war, describing the changes that have occurred since September 11, what it means to be a civilian teaching at a military academy, and what books and movies mean to her students.
9780374180638 (alk. paper)
2007009159
United States Military Academy.
American literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point.
English literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point.
Literature--Study and teaching--New York (State)--West Point.
American literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point.
English literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point.
Literature--Appreciation--New York (State)--West Point.
Literature and morals.
Military cadets--Intellectual life.
PS49.U65 / S36 2007
810.71174731 SAM