A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A masterwork of modernist literature, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man chronicles the turbulent coming-of-age of Stephen Dedalus — a sensitive, intellectually restless young Irishman navigating the suffocating pressures of Catholic doctrine, nationalist fervour, and family expectation in late nineteenth-century Dublin. From the fragmented sensory impressions of early childhood to the fierce philosophical awakenings of university life, Joyce traces with unflinching precision the birth of an artistic consciousness, as Stephen gradually rejects the spiritual and social chains that bind him in pursuit of aesthetic freedom. Written in a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness style that mirrors the evolving mind of its protagonist, the novel stands as one of the most significant works of the twentieth century, reshaping what prose fiction could achieve. Joyce's language shifts and matures in lockstep with Stephen — from the simple, lyrical cadences of boyhood to the dense, soaring rhetoric of young manhood — making the very texture of the prose a portrait in itself. Rooted in autobiography yet transcendent in its ambition, this is the story of every artist who has ever had to choose between belonging and becoming — and the question of what Stephen will ultimately sacrifice for his art lingers long after the final page.
Author: James Joyce
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A masterwork of modernist literature, James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man chronicles the turbulent coming-of-age of Stephen Dedalus — a sensitive, intellectually restless young Irishman navigating the suffocating pressures of Catholic doctrine, nationalist fervour, and family expectation in late nineteenth-century Dublin. From the fragmented sensory impressions of early childhood to the fierce philosophical awakenings of university life, Joyce traces with unflinching precision the birth of an artistic consciousness, as Stephen gradually rejects the spiritual and social chains that bind him in pursuit of aesthetic freedom. Written in a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness style that mirrors the evolving mind of its protagonist, the novel stands as one of the most significant works of the twentieth century, reshaping what prose fiction could achieve. Joyce's language shifts and matures in lockstep with Stephen — from the simple, lyrical cadences of boyhood to the dense, soaring rhetoric of young manhood — making the very texture of the prose a portrait in itself. Rooted in autobiography yet transcendent in its ambition, this is the story of every artist who has ever had to choose between belonging and becoming — and the question of what Stephen will ultimately sacrifice for his art lingers long after the final page.