A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Both an insight into James Joyce's life and childhood, this novel is about sexual awakening, religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves.
James Joyce was born in Dublin on 2 February 1882, the eldest of ten children in a family which, after brief prosperity, collapsed into poverty. He was nonetheless educated at the best Jesuit schools and then at University College, Dublin, and displayed considerable academic and literary ability. Although he spent most of his adult life outside Ireland, Joyce's psychological and fictional universe is firmly rooted in his native Dublin, the city which provides the settings and much of the subject matter for all of his fiction. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses (1922) and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake (1939), as well as the short story collection Dubliners (1914) and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). James Joyce died in Zürich, on 13 January 1941.
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ISBN 13 9780141182667
ISBN 10 0141182660
Title A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Author James Joyce
Series Penguin Modern Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2000-02-24
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.