Text Introduction Culture Notes Author Structure Krutch,Joseph Wood (1893-1970),American critic, educator,and naturalist,was born in Knoxville,Tennessee He was the drama critic of the liberal weekly The Nation and taught drama at Columbia University and other schools.He published biographies and essays on drama, science,and nature.His most important works include The Measure of Man (1954),Edgar Allan Poe (1926),The Modern Temper(1929),The American Drama Since 1918 (1957),and The Best Nature Writings of Joseph Wood Krutch(1970).Krutch, Joseph Wood (1893-1970), American critic, educator, and naturalist, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was the drama critic of the liberal weekly The Nation and taught drama at Columbia University and other schools. He published biographies and essays on drama, science, and nature. His most important works include The Measure of Man (1954), Edgar Allan Poe (1926), The Modern Temper (1929), The American Drama Since 1918 (1957), and The Best Nature Writings of Joseph Wood Krutch (1970). Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure