Lyric In Its Times

John Wilkinson is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Chicago, USA. His previous publications include the poetry collections Reckitt's Blue (2013) and Ghost Nets (2016) and the critical book The Lyric Touch (2007).

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Breathtaking PoetryChapter 2. Petrifaction and Wave PowerChapter 3. Anti-Memorial ElegyChapter 4. LapidaryChapter 5. On a Raised BeachChapter 6. Stone ThresholdsChapter 7. Dilapidation and Singing StonesChapter 8. A Shower of NeedlesChapter 9. On the Tip of the TongueChapter 10. Trying TimesNotesBibliographyIndex

[A]stonishingly trenchant and flawless.