The period covered in this book ranges from the early part of
the 20th century right through to its end-roughly from the death of
Chekhov to that of Ted Hughes. The question is raised whether the
vision of the modern world that opened up to the authors of this
period does not still apply in our own time.
The book's main theme is the finality of modern nothingness.
What remains that is superhumanly possible, despite all appearances
that nothing more and nothing new is left to man to break through
with? Civilization for these authors had become denuded of all of
its vital forces, and it is as if when faced with the prospect of
hopelessness, they would have to invoke the help of the one Power
on Whom humankind can rely to see them through the worst.
This is the Great Mother or Goddess Who is directly associated
with the experience of Nature as this comes down to us from before
the straitened confines of the 20th century.
It is the experience modern man would deny at the risk of
cutting himself off from the one life-giving source that he
has.
Front Cover Illustration: From Jerome Robbins' 1963 Broadway
production of "Mother Courage," with Anne Bancroft as Mother
Courage and Zohra Lampert as Kattrin.
Back Cover Photo by A.F.
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