An Exact Mystery: The poetic life of Vernon Watkins

by Richard Ramsbotham

Vernon Watkins is a great riddle at the heart of twentieth century poetry. His poetry has been praised in the highest terms by, among others, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Dylan Thomas and Marianne Moore. Kathleen Raine called him: "the greatest lyric poet of my generation." Yet he has remained, for the most part, almost entirely unknown.

One reason for this is that Watkins in no way sought for fame. Another is that after a transformative spiritual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178963119X
• ISBN13: 9781789631197
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Choir Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"