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Synopsis
Although Joyce later entirely rewrote his novel of a young Irishman's rebellion against church, country and family, this early version is beautifully composed, the mood being more discursive and personal than inA Portrait. Many episodes later cut for the sake of good novelistic form, especially autobiographical episodes of sensual and family life, are fully presented, with some of the most vivacious dialogue Joyce ever wrote. Between them, the two versions give us a clear example of Joyce's literary development as well as many details of his life. This edition ofStephen Hero for the first time printed the five missing pages of the novel found among the papers in the Joyce Collection of the Cornell University Library. These pages fill gaps in the text as edited in 1956 by John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon and also extend the narrative. The main text of Stephen Hero is a connected, nearly self-contained passage of 383 manuscript pages which turned up soon after Joyce's death. It was first edited by Theodore Spencer and published by New Directions in 1944. In this edition, introductions by the successive editors discuss the literary and bibliographical aspects of this important early work by one of the great modern masters.
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The dominant writer of the twentiethcentury.--Harold Bloom"
The most important literary event of the year. And indeed there is hardly an exact parallel for it in all our literary history.
The dominant writer of the twentieth century.--Harold Bloom
About the Author
James Joyce was one of innovators of postmodernism. He is widely considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Born in Dublin, James Joyce (1882-1941) was a modernist and proponent of the stream-of-consciousness writing style and is widely considered one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His works feature primarily Dublin figures such as in the short story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922) and Finnegan's Wake (1939).
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1965
- ISBN 10 0224615408
- ISBN 13 9780224615402
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages253
- EditorSpencer Theodore
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Stephen Hero : part of the first draft of 'A portrait of the artist as a young man' / by James Joyce ; edited with an introduction by Theodore Spencer ; foreword by John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon
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Revised Edition (reprinted). Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 pages ; 21cm. Subjects: Artists -- Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 321129
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Stephen Hero : part of the first draft of 'A portrait of the artist as a young man' / by James Joyce ; edited with an introduction by Theodore Spencer ; foreword by John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon
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Revised Edition (reprinted). Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 pages ; 21cm. Subjects: Artists -- Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 321129
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