Beyond decadence: exposing the narrative irony in Jan Opolsky's prose - 50872

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

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