Sentence:  It would appear, on the whole, that the country is going through a very natural transition-period after the blossoming-time from Bellman to Runeberg, and that the present or recent literary activity is mainly on the surface, and of no particular importance. Perhaps this might be said of the parallel movements in more countries than one, or two, or three. 'Even the literary <WSD>polypragmatism</WSD> of Strindberg, as of other contemporary writers, is a “sign. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The use of multiple approaches to a single issue.