Table of Contents

1. The individual and the giant power; 2. The oppressor's shame; 3. Hašek as a journalist and short story writer; 4. The origins. Three Švejks or one?; 5. The characters in the book - Švejk himself; 6. The other characters: the Army; 7. Structure and form; 8. The controversy; 9. Were the critics right?; Notes; Appendices 1–3; Bibliography; Index.

Promotional Information

This 1982 book was the first major critical study of Jaroslav Hašek and his most important literary creation, The Good Soldier Švejk.