{"product_id":"reading-novalis-in-montana-melissa-kwasny-9781571314291","title":"Reading Novalis in Montana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Romantic-environmental poetry of a high order.\" --\u003cem\u003eHUFFINGTON POST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis tour de force marks a breakthrough in Melissa Kwasny's poetic investigation of a collective consciousness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from Novalis (1772-1801), a poet who, like the other adherents of early German Romanticism, believed in the correspondence between inner and outer worlds, Kwasny divines the palpable and ineffable ways in which inherited traditions--indigenous culture, mythology, romanticism, modernism, surrealism, postmodernism, and more--inform daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinding inspiration in the mountain West, Kwasny weaves a shimmering web of connections. Throughout, details of lived experience emerge--hiking through the Pacific Northwest, caring for an elder's great-granddaughter, helping a friend deal with cancer, sorting through the ruins of a relationship--and yet the interior voice is always tuned to the physical world, envisioning the shared understanding that connects all life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVersatile in its forms and expressions, encyclopedic in its comprehension, \u003cem\u003eReading Novalis in Montana\u003c\/em\u003e is a virtuoso performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Kwasny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Melissa Kwasny","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980113838335,"sku":"9781571314291","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2ab66c0-08ba-40d6-aa93-cb398572fbc2.jpg?v=1683248474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-novalis-in-montana-melissa-kwasny-9781571314291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}