Soldier's heart : reading literature through peace and war at West Point / Elizabeth D. Samet.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 259 p. ; 22 cm. Hard BooundISBN: - 9780374180638 (alk. paper)
- 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
- 810.71174731 SAM 22
- PS49.U65 S36 2007
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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.
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