A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Paperback - 1994
by James Joyce
Joyce's semi-autobiographical chronicle of Stephen Dedalus' passage from university student to "independent" artist is at once a richly detailed, amusing, and moving coming-of-age story, a tour de force of style and technique, and a profound examination of the Irish psyche and society.
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From the rear cover
Like much of James Joyce's work, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a fictional re-creation of the Irish writer's own life and early environment. The experiences of the novel's young hero, Stephen Dedalus, unfold in astonishingly vivid scenes that seem freshly recalled from life and provide a powerful portrait of the coming of age of a young man of unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and character.
The interest of the novel is deepened by Joyce's telling portrayals of an Irish upbringing and schooling, the Catholic Church and its priesthood, Parnell and Irish politics, encounters with the conflicting roles of art and morality (problems that would follow Joyce throughout his life), sexual experimentation and its aftermath, and the decision to leave Ireland.
Rich in details that offer vital insights into Joyce's art, this masterpiece of semiautobiographical fiction remains essential reading in any program of study in modern literature.
First edition identification
Bound in blue cloth, a first edition of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, published by B.W. Huebsch in New York, is dated “1916” on the copyright page with no additional printings.
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- Title A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Author James Joyce
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1994-05-20
- ISBN 9780486280509 / 0486280500
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 8.32 x 5.24 x 0.47 in (21.13 x 13.31 x 1.19 cm)
- Age range 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 1060
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Autobiographical fiction, Young men
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 93048840
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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