A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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James Joyce Jeri Johnson (Senior Fellow of English, Senior Fellow of English, Exeter College, Oxford)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce, Jeri Johnson (Senior Fellow of English, Senior Fellow of English, Exeter College, Oxford)

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Worlds Classics
12 June 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'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.

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By: James Joyce
Edited by: Jeri Johnson (Senior Fellow of English Senior Fellow of English Exeter College Oxford)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9780199536443
ISBN 10: 0199536449
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 12 June 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active