{"product_id":"what-though-the-field-be-christopher-kempf-9780807173633","title":"What Though the Field Be Lost: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on two years living and researching in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, \u003ci\u003eWhat Though the Field Be Lost \u003c\/i\u003euses the battlefield there as a way to engage ongoing issues involving race, regional identity, and the ethics of memory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith empathy and humility, Kempf reveals the overlapping planes of historical past and public present, integrating archival material--language from monuments, soldiers' letters, eyewitness accounts of the battle--with reflection on present-day social and political unrest. Here monument protests, police shootings, and heated battle reenactments expose the ambivalences and evasions involved in the consolidation of national (and nationalist) identity. In \u003ci\u003eWhat Though the Field Be Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, Kempf shows that, though the Civil War may be over, the field at Gettysburg and all that it stands for remain sharply contested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShuttling between past and present, the personal and the public, \u003ci\u003eWhat Though the Field Be Lost\u003c\/i\u003e examines the many pasts that inhere, now and forever, in the places we occupy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Kempf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807173630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807173633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.23d","brand":"Christopher Kempf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994567508223,"sku":"9780807173633","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f0ff0eb-c260-40fc-bed5-cf5a56056584.jpg?v=1683330923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-though-the-field-be-christopher-kempf-9780807173633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}