Abstract

A dazzling anthology of statements by writers, artists, philosophers, and scientists which attempts to exhibit the diversity and complexity of the "modern tradition." Selections from one hundred authors are arranged thematically ranging over the topics of symbolism, realism, nature, cultural history, the unconscious, myth, self-consciousness, existence, and faith. The ambitiousness of this anthology reflects its shortcoming. Most of the selections are so short that it is difficult to get more than a superficial "feel" of the ideas and men represented.—R. J. B.