A portrait of the artist as a young man / James Joyce Joyce, James, 1882-1941.

User activity

Send to:
View the summary of this work
Author
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Subjects
Young men -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction; Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction; Young men - Fiction.
Audience
Adult
Summary
Annotation. 'Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo ' So begins one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Its originality shocked contemporary readers on its publication in 1916 who found its treating of the minutiae of daily life indecorous, and its central character unappealing. Was it art or was it filth? The novel charts the intellectual, moral, and sexual development of Stephen Dedalus, from his childhood listening to his father's stories through his schooldays and adolescence to the brink of adulthood and independence, and his awakening as an artist. Growing up in a Catholic family in Dublin in the final years of the nineteenth century, Stephen's consciousness is forged by Irish history and politics, by Catholicism and culture, language and art. Stephen's story mirrors that of Joyce himself, and the novel is both startlingly realistic and brilliantly crafted. For this edition Jeri Johnson, editor of the acclaimed Ulysses 1922 text, has written an introduction and notes which together provide a comprehensive and illuminating appreciation of Joyce's artistry.
Wikipedia
Read associated articles: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Mountjoy Square, The Egoist (periodical)
Bookmark
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/1729985
Work ID
1729985

1 (out of 113) editions of this work

Find a specific edition

Limited to : Oxford World's Classics. Remove limits to show all 113 editions

Thumbnail [View as table] [View as grid] Title, Author, Edition Date Language Format Libraries

User activity


e.g. test cricket, Perth (WA), "Parkes, Henry"

Separate different tags with a comma. To include a comma in your tag, surround the tag with double quotes.

Be the first to add this to a list

Comments and reviews

What are comments? Add a comment

No user comments or reviews for this work

Add a comment


Show comments and reviews from Amazon users