Richard Kralik and the Gralbund
FAIN: FB-12024-74
Richard S. Geehr
Bentley University (Waltham, MA 02452-4713)
To examine Austrian Richard Kralik and his circle, the Gralbund, that promoted a quasi-religious ideology which fused Christian teachings wtih Germanic mysticism and rejected democracy, liberalism, and modernism. This study will show that the Gralbund, a pre-WWII Catholic literary association had an important political influence in Austria.