A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) is one of the twentieth century's great coming-of-age novels. This Norton Critical Edition is based on Hans Walter Gabler's acclaimed text and is accompanied by his introduction and textual notes. John Paul Riquelme provides explanatory notes to deepen the reader's appreciation for Joyce's masterpiece." ""Backgrounds and Contexts" is topically organized: "Political Nationalism: Irish History, 1798-1916," "The Irish Literary and Cultural Revival," "Religion," and "Aesthetic Backgrounds." Fourteen illustrations accompany the documents." ""Criticism" begins with John Paul Riquelme's overview of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man's structure. Twelve diverse interpretations of his work follow, by Kenneth Burke, Umberto Eco, Hugh Kenner, Helene Cixous, John Paul Riquelme, Karen Lawrence, Maud Ellmann, Bonnie Kime Scott, Joseph Valente, Marian Eide, Pericles Lewis, adn Jonathan Mulrooney. A Selected Bibliography is also included."--BOOK JACKET. |
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ABSENT Eg-24 answered Artist Athy beauty began boys brother called Casey Castletownroche catholic chapel Chapter church Clongowes cold copy-text Cranly Cranly's cried damned Dante dark Davin Dedalus DIALOGUE DASH door Dublin edited text esthetic eternity eyes face Father Arnall fellow felt fire Fleming grammar grey hand Harriet Shaw Weaver head heard heart hell Heron higher line holy instant James Joyce jesuit Joyce's knew laugh light lips looked Lynch MacCann manuscript Mike Flynn mind Moonan morning mother MS-Eg MS-TS murmured night passed Portrait prayed prefect of studies priest rector remember repeated round saint seemed side pockets silence Simon sinners sins smiling smoke soft soul Stanislaus Joyce Stephen Dedalus Stephen Hero STET Stevie stood strange tell Temple thought told TS-Eg turfcoloured turned uncle Charles Uncle MS-16 villanelle voice walked Walter Gabler words young