Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

English

ISBN: 0451530152

EAN: 9780451530158

Category: Fiction / Literary/Fiction / Coming of Age/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 06/20/2006

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: A masterpiece of modern fiction, James Joyces semiautobiographical first novel follows Stephen Dedalus, a sensitive and creative youth who rebels against his family, his education, and his country by committing himself to the artists life. I will not serve, vows Dedalus, that in which I no longer believe.???and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can. To Dedalus, the artist is like God-one who remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. Joyces rendering of the impressions of childhood broke ground in the use of language. He took on the almost infinite English language, Jorge Luis Borges once said. He wrote in a language invented by himself.???Joyce brought a new music to English. As a bold literary experiment, this classic has had a huge and lasting influence on the contemporary novel. @Bildungsroman Im in college. Cool. But I live at home with mom. That doesnt make me a tool, does it? Nah, Im totally cool. Look, Ive got this cool tweed hat. Yeah, Im cool. Totally. From Twitterature: The Worlds Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.74 inches

Width: 4.22 inches

Length: 6.9 inches

Weight: 4.34 oz

Pages: 256