Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

Joyce, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1853260061 ISBN 13: 9781853260063

Casa editrice: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1992

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the understanding of the later work. This novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who reappears in Ulysses, and who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist, he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion, politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland. Written with a light touch, this is perhaps the most accessible of Joyce's works.

Recensione:

Joyce's work is not about the thing it is the thing itself. --Samuel Beckett

L'autore:

Joyce is acclaimed for his masterpiece, Ulysses ( 1922 ) , and later for his controversial novel, Finnegans Wake ( 1939). He also has been highly valued series of short stories called Dubliners (1914 ) and his semi autobiographical novel Portrait of the Artist (1916 ) . Joyce is prominent representative of the literary movement called avant-garde literary modernism , Near Authors As T. S. Eliot , Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound and Wallace Stevens.