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- Author: James Joyce
- Genre: Autobiographical novel
- Serialized in the Egoist: February 2, 1914 - September 1, 1915
- Novel publication: December 29, 1916
- Publisher: B.W. Huebsch
- Pages: approximately 384
- ISBN 0-14-243734-4
- Perspective: third-person narrative
- Dedalus comes from the Greek myth of Daedalus
- Setting: in and around Dublin from 1882 to 1903
- Uses modernist techniques
- Modern Library lists it as the third-best English language book
- Rejected the first time it was submitted to a publisher
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James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a loosely autobiographical novel that tells the story of the artistic awakening of Stephen Dedalus as he begins to rebel against his family and his Irish Catholic background.
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Plot Synopsis
Despite his initial homesickness, Stephen Dedalus enjoys his strict boarding school Clongowes until debt forces his family to move to Dublin and him to attend a prestigious day school. Initially Dedalus focuses on hedonistic endeavors before becoming very religious. After being told he should enter the priesthood, Stephen realizes that the priesthood and his background conflict with his desires. He finally leaves Ireland to work on his art. -
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Author Information
- Mahalo's Guide to James Joyce
- Wikipedia: James Joyce
- The James Joyce Center: Biography
- Araby: James Joyce Timeline
- The Modern Word: Joycean Chronology
- TIME: The TIME 100: James Joyce
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Or what about going through that awesome narrative of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? I'd follow it #eugenevsjoyce
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BTW, started Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man this morning. 'Cause that's how I roll for for some light reading.
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@MarkRaganCEO James Joyce: "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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So I read the latter part of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' today, with a little help from my friend Sparknotes.
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<A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man>. Good title for him. http://bit.ly/5Wzypg
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