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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
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Description for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Paperback. This edition, based on the Egoist Press second edition of 1918, is the most extensively annotated edition available, with almost 1,000 notes by James Joyce scholars Marc A. Mamigonian and John Turner Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
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 forays as a young artist. Dedalus's thoughts and epiphanies reveal the tensions, insecurities and feelings of guilt that are the product of living in a country and period so deeply divided along religious and political lines. Pioneering an innovative stream-of-consciousness technique characteristic of ... Read more
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 forays as a young artist. Dedalus's thoughts and epiphanies reveal the tensions, insecurities and feelings of guilt that are the product of living in a country and period so deeply divided along religious and political lines. Pioneering an innovative stream-of-consciousness technique characteristic of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847493866
SKU
V9781847493866
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About James Joyce
Born in Dublin, James Joyce (1882 - 1941) spent most of his life abroad, living in Trieste, Paris and Zurich. His writings, however mainly centre on Dublin - most famously Ulysses, Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. He pioneered and perfected avant-garde prose techniques that saw him rise to the rank of one ... Read more
Reviews for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
His writing is not about something; it is that something itself.
Samuel Beckett This volume likely presents the most ambitious annotations of tlle novel to date and might even surpass Don Gifford's colossal stand-alone reference guide.
Greg Winston
James Joyce Quarterly
Samuel Beckett This volume likely presents the most ambitious annotations of tlle novel to date and might even surpass Don Gifford's colossal stand-alone reference guide.
Greg Winston
James Joyce Quarterly