The First World War marked not only the “great” history, but it also entered the everyday lives of the inhabitants in the states at war; that means also in the Czech lands. It did not steer clear of pubs of different kinds. The war sorrows influenced the operation of hospitality establishments to a large extent. The war noticeably restricted the services the hospitality establishments delivered to accidental visitors as well as to regular clients,whereby the drastic decrease in basic refreshments, especially beer and other intoxicating beverages, as well as other kinds of refreshment was undoubtedly the most acute problem. As aconsequenceof various restrictions in hospitality establishments operation, the war conflict endangered the existence of many operators and owners of such firms whose business lost its sense the leisure time of wide layers of inhabitants, and the social life suffered as a consequence of the stifling atmosphere as well, as the pubs and inns were natural centres of social life. In addition, a considerable decrease in the number of those who usually were involved in local entertainments and pastimes made itself felt. Although politicizing was considerably restrictedat pubs and inns at that time, because it was strictly forbidden and checked, some establishments became a place of conspiracy against the existing monarchy. Pubs played an important role on the occasion of the declaration of independence in October 1918.
Kniha Jaroslava Meda Literární život ve stínu Mnichova (1938-1939) podle autora optikou literárního života představuje panorama dané doby, přičemž upíná pozornost zvláště k jeho dominantám, jako byla španělská občanská válka. Práce tvoří velmi dobře komponovaný celek, v němž personalistický důraz na osobnosti má svou protiváhu v akcentaci klíčových dobových myšlenek a proudů, česká tematika je interpretována na pozadí mezinárodním a literatura je vsazena do kontextů kulturních, společenských i teologických. Jaroslav Med v ní neposluhuje žádné ideologii ani apriorní tezi, ale je vnímavým vykladačem zauzlované doby., Jiří Trávníček, and Čtyři hlasy k jedné knize
This study makes a contribution towards resolving the issues surrounding the interpretation of intermedia works that experimentally combine poetry, word, music and sound. The particular subject of this analysis is a project known as Scribbles by writing duo Jaromír Typt and Michal Rataj, which has seen the light of day both in the form of live performances and on two albums (Škrábanice [Scribbles], Zaškrábnutí [Scribbles more]), on which the present essay is also based.