← Joseph Wood KrutchThe Modern Temperby Joseph Wood KrutchEssay collection examining intellectual and spiritual crisis of the modern ageFind on Amazon↗About the authorJoseph Wood KrutchJoseph 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.More by Joseph Wood KrutchFive 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→
