Beyond Decadence : Exposing the Narrative Irony in Jan Opolsk's Prose, Paperback / softback Book

Beyond Decadence : Exposing the Narrative Irony in Jan Opolsk's Prose Paperback / softback

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Jan Opolsky has primarily been viewed as an undistinguished hanger-on in the era of Czech literary decadence.

Through close reading and detailed analysis of Opolsky's prose, however, Peter Butler argues that, far from his reputation as a literary lackey, Opolsky is a master of sustained narrative irony and an accomplished writer in his own right.

Beyond Decadence evaluates archival sources and private correspondence between Opolsky and other literary figures, and includes a classified bibliography of Opolsky's work.

Butler's introduction, meanwhile, offers an overview of the Czech decadent/symbolist literary and artistic movements, placing them within a larger European perspective.

Redeeming a literary artist who has been nearly forgotten in the English-speaking world, Beyond Decadence will be of particular interest to students of Slavic and European literary history.

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