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Bringing together work by well-known writers and critics, ranging from scholarly studies to poets’ testimonials, Active Romanticism shows Romantic poetry not to be the sclerotic corpse against which the avant-garde reacted but rather the well-spring from which it flowed.  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Such is the domain of love; such is the vocation of poetry.”—Peter Gizzi  In the wake of a mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s and a child’s impending birth, Julie Carr gathers the shards of both mourning and joy to give readers poems that encompass it all: “Zebra and xylophone cyclone and sorrow.” Here she says, “Since I lost her I stored her like ore in my \/ form as if later I’d find her, restore her,” giving voice to the longing that accompanies life’s most profound losses and its most anticipated arrivals.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50131774898449,"sku":"CIN1566892511G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50416537108753,"sku":"GOR013942606","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50814128455953,"sku":"CIN1566892511VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037230956817,"sku":"NIN9781566892513","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52685992788241,"sku":"NLS9781566892513","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1566892511.jpg?v=1751341626"},{"product_id":"mead-book-julie-carr-9780820326849","title":"Mead","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe central subject in Julie Carr's debut poem collection is marriage. 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