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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By James Joyce
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James Joyce's deeply personal and most memorable novel (H. G. Wells) detailing the spiritual and artistic awakening of Stephen Dedalus, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics line. James Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel explores the author's own love-hate relationship with Ireland through... Read More
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James Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel explores the author's own love-hate relationship with Ireland through Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's literary alter ego. Dedalus yearns to be an artist, but must first overcome the aspects of Irish society, like school and the church, that he feels restrains his creativity and stifles his soul.

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James Joyce's deeply personal and most memorable novel (H. G. Wells) detailing the spiritual and artistic awakening of Stephen Dedalus, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics line.

James Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel explores the author's own love-hate relationship with Ireland through Stephen Dedalus, Joyce's literary alter ego. Dedalus yearns to be an artist but must first overcome the aspects of Irish society, like school and the church, that he feels restrain his creativity and stifle his soul.

Joyce's use of experimental literary techniques, including stream of consciousness, is on full display in his first novel, which he further develops in his later works, Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781454954613

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 January 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Union Square & Co.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 248

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About the Author

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 1941) was an Irish writer of the 20th century whose prolific works included novels, poems, short stories, plays, and literary criticism. He is known for his contributions to the modernist movement and his use of experimental literary styles, including stream of consciousness. Though he spent most of his adult life abroad, Joyce's major works are rooted in Dublin, his place of birth, where he explores his complicated relationship with Irish identity and rejection of Irish nationalism through a historical, cultural, and political lens.

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