A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Wordsworth Classics)

Joyce, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853260061 ISBN 13: 9781853260063

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 1992

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff.

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 in Ulysses, and who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist, he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion, politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland.

Written with a light touch, this is perhaps the most accessible of Joyce's works.

Review:

Joyce's work is not about the thing it is the thing itself. --Samuel Beckett

Book Description:

James Joyce's seminal work of modernist fiction.