Expressionism as an artistic and life attitude. Twenty expressionist dramas from Bohemia and Moravia. Zuzana Augustová - Lenka Jungmannová - Aleš Merenus (eds.):Expressionist dramas from the Czech lands. Prague, Institute for Czech Literature of the CAS. Academia 2020. 737 pages
2023
Abstract
This review presents the anthology Expressionist Dramas from the Czech Lands with a focus on German literature. It is introduced by three studies with the themes Expressionism, German-written Expressionist drama from the Czech lands and Czech drama in the coordinates of Expressionism.
The text of the review focuses not only on the introduction of the book, but also notes Expressionism in detail, focusing on the German and Czech settings and examining the development of this worldview and dramatic and literary movement.