Beyond Decadence Exposing the Narrative Irony in Jan Opolský's Prose

Peter Butler

nakladatel	Karolinum
rok vydání	2015
vydání	1.
jazyk	anglicky
stran	254
ISBN	978-80-246-2571-3

Jan Opolsky has long been considered to be little more than an epigon of the Czech Decadence. By detailed analysis of his prose, this book aims to show that Opolsky is a master of sustained narrative irony and an accomplished writer in his own right. Introduction brings an overview of Czech Decadent/Symbolist literature and art in an European perspective. The first monograph evaluates archival sources, private correspondence with other literary figures and includes classified bibliography of Opolsky.