Download or read book The Lyric Touch written by John Wilkinson and published by Salt Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lyric Touch" brings together essays by John Wilkinson on twentieth century British and American poetry, several now recognised as classic but hitherto hard to obtain. Throughout this book, writing previously seen as startlingly modern is reconnected with the English Romantic tradition. Formidable poetry is made to become irresistible.