{"product_id":"soldiers-heart-reading-literature-through-peace-and-war-at-west-point-paperback","title":"Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth D. Samet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes a New Afterword by the Author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2007\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2007 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean to teach literature to a soldier? How does it prepare a young man or woman for combat? At West Point, Elizabeth Samet reads classic and modern works of literature with America's future military elite, and in this stirring memoir she chronicles the ways in which war has transformed her relationship to the books she and her students read together. While fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Samet's former students share their thoughts on the poetry of Wallace Stevens, the fiction of Virginia Woolf and J. M. Coetzee, the epics of Homer, and the films of Bogart and Cagney. And their letters in turn prompt Samet to wonder exactly what she owes to cadets in the classroom. \u003ci\u003eSoldier's Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest and original reflection on the relationship between art and life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth D. Samet \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eWilling Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsent in America, 1776-1898\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been an English professor at West Point for ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45330833440870,"sku":"9780312427825","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/K3lBY1ZqMzdBK05mMEFhTi9wYjNTUT09.webp?v=1774381775","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/soldiers-heart-reading-literature-through-peace-and-war-at-west-point-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}