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

By (author) Peter Butler

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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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Publisher | Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Published date | 26 Jan 2016
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 300
Dimensions | 24 x 17 x 2mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 425g
ISBN | 978-8-0246-2571-3
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