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

Author/creator Butler, Peter Author
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Publication InfoPraha 1 : Karolinum, nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description300 p. ill 09.500 x 06.750 in.
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Summary Annotation 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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