Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch was an American essayist and drama critic who wrote The Modern Temper, a celebrated pessimistic analysis of modern civilization. His nature writing about the Southwest is equally valued.
Works
- The Modern TemperEssay collection examining intellectual and spiritual crisis of the modern age
- Five Masters
- Samuel JohnsonBiographical account of writer and wit Samuel Johnson's life and character
- The Desert YearPersonal essays on natural history and seasonal change in the Arizona desert
- The Voice of the DesertEssays on the beauty and meaning found in desert landscape and ecology