A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - ISBN: 9780142437346
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Rebellious youth seeks artistic freedom, forging a new conscience and art.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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    384 pages

  • Release Date

    18 May 2011

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Summary

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays Stephen Dedalus’s Dublin childhood and youth and, in doing so, provides an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce.

James Joyce’s coming-of-age story, a tour de force of style and technique.

The first, shortest, and most approachable of James Joyce’s novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays the Dublin upbringing of Stephen Dedalus, from his youthful days at Clongowes Wood College to his r…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780142437346
ISBN-10:0142437344
Author:James Joyce, Seamus Deane
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:18 May 2011
Weight:261g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 21mm
Series:Penguin Classics
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Critics Review

“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul.” —Richard Ellmann“One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.” —H. G. Wells“[Mr. Joyce is] concerned at all costs to reveal the flickerings of that innermost flame which flashes its myriad message through the brain, he disregards with complete courage whatever seems to him adventitious, though it be probability or coherence or any other of the handrails to which we cling for support when we set our imaginations free.” —Virginia Woolf“[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man will] remain a permanent part of English literature.” —Ezra Pound

About The Author

James Joyce

James Joyce (1882-1941), an Irish poet and novelist, was one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century. His works include Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Seamus Deane, novelist and professor of modern English and American literature at University College, Dublin, has been a Fulbright Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and a visiting professor at several American universities.

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