Stephen Dedalus is an Irish Catholic son in a pious Dublin family when he chooses to shed the constraints of religion, abandon his social and familial obligations, and escape the limits of his country to cultivate his life as a writer. In his autobiographical debut novel, James Joyce mirrors his own emotional and intellectual coming-of-age—from sexual awakening and upheavals of faith to fleeting epiphanies—in exploring the influences that help to shape an artistic identity. Unprecedented at the time of publication, Joyce’s modernist stream of consciousness narrative was groundbreaking in its form, and today his novel stands as one of the best examples of modernist literature. AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds. Revised edition: Previously published as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, this edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
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ISBN
9781542049436
Publisert
2017-10-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Lake Union Publishing
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

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Biographical note

Born in Dublin, Ireland, James Joyce (1882–1941) was a novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his novels Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, as well as his short story collection, Dubliners. Though he and his wife spent their lives abroad, Joyce chose to focus his fiction on his birthplace, believing that if he could “get to the heart of Dublin,” he could “get to the heart of all the cities of the world.” An inspiration to a diverse range of authors—among them, Samuel Beckett, John Steinbeck, and Salman Rushdie—Joyce is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.