Eruption of Creative Genius in Central Europe

Following the First World War, writers sought to articulate both a personal position and a position within the public domain, well illustrated by the 'Prague Circle' in the heart of the failing Austro-Hungarian Empire. Jews occupied a liminal position in Czech society, straddling three identities: Jewish, Czech and German. Max Brod became the primary historian of this 'circle', which included writers as diverse as Franz Kafka, Franz Werfel, Leo Perutz and Gustav Meyrink. Prague was central to their writings. Here was a borderland position crying out for a voice in the contemporary world

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Czech · Empire · Genius · German · Judaism · Liminality · Literature · Position (finance) · Central European and Russian historical studies · History · Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies · Philosophy · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition