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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Dover Thrift Editions)
by James Joyce

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Masterpiece of semi-autobiographical fiction reveals a powerful portrait of the coming of age of a young man of unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and character. Telling portrayals of an Irish upbringing and schooling, the Catholic Church and its priesthood, Parnell and Irish politics, sexual experimentation and its aftermath, and problems with art and morality.

Review:

"An eminent novelist was asked recently by some troublesome newspaper what he thought of the literature of 1916. He answered publicly and loudly that he had heard of no literature in 1916; for his own part he had been reading "science." This was kind neither to our literary nor our scientific activities. It was not intelligent to make an opposition between literature and science. It is no more legitimate than an opposition between literature and "classics" or between literature and history. Good writing about the actualities of the war too has been abundant, that was only to be expected; it is an ungracious thing in the home critic to sit at a confused feast and bewail its poverty when he ought to be sorting out his discoveries. Criticism may analyze, it may appraise and attack, but when it comes to the mere grumbling of veterans no longer capable of novel perceptions, away with it! There is indeed small justification..." H.G. Wells, The New Republic, 1916 (read The New Republic's entire review)

Synopsis:

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.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780486280509
Author:
Joyce, James
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Artists
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
Young men
Subject:
Autobiographical fiction
Subject:
Artists -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction.
Subject:
Bildungsromane.
Series:
Dover Thrift Editions
Series Volume:
14
Publication Date:
May 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.32x5.24x.47 in. .31 lbs.