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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Flame Tree Collectable Classics) by James Joyce; Judith John (Contribution by)
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce This coming of age story charts the growth of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter-ego of the novelist, James Joyce. As Dedalus grows, so too does the language and the reader is carried from the family home in the suburbs to college to life as a youn ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Riverrun Editions) by James Joyce; Patrick McGuinness (Contribution by)
Category: Classics | Series: Riverrun Editions Ser.
'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man begins with one of the most arresting opening sentences in literature' Patrick McGuinness, from his Preface.A Portrait first appeared in instalments in the modernist magazine The Egoist in 1914, before it came out as a book in 1916, the year of the Easter Rising ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man: penguin Drop Caps by James Joyce
Category: Fiction
The semi-autobiographical experimental classic, beautifully repackaged with a stunning J for Joyce on the cover. It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of 26 collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of t ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce James
Category: Classic Fiction
James Joyce's first novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a Kunstlerroman which chronicles the emotional and intellectual development of Stephen Dedalus - a character partly based on the author himself - from his early childhood and his school and university days all the way to his first for ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce; John Paul Riquelme; Hans Walter Gabler (Editor); Walter Hettche (Editor)
Category: Self | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
Playful and experimental, James Joyce's autobiographical A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manis a vivid portrayal of emotional and intellectual development. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Seamus Deane. The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childho ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" portrays Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, providing an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce. At its center are questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Ex ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the understanding of the later work. This novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who reappears i ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Category: Fiction
This title provides with introductions by Dr Dieter Fuchs and Joseph O'connor. Against the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing its powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports i ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Category: Collins Classics | Series: Collins Classics
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Presents the portrait of Stephen Dedalus' Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Peter (AFT) James; Harness Joyce
Category: Classic | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
James Joyce's first novel follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, an artistic and fiercely individual young man. Along the way, Stephen learns to negotiate the 'snares of the world', to avoid the pitfalls of his dysfunctional family, his terrifying and repressive boarding school, and the various beautiful ...Show more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by James Joyce
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
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 radical questioning of all convention. In doing so, it provides an oblique self-portrait ...Show more