A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story by James Joyce, published in 1916. It is the story of the growth and education of Stephen Dadelus, an alter-ego for Joyce. The work pioneers some of Joyce's techniques taht would later come to fruition in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
The book is most noted for its stream of consciousness style that sets out to write exactly what the protagonist is thinking. Since the work covers the author aging from a boy to a man the style of the work is very different in each of its five sections, with the complexity and vocabulary gradually increasing.
The book is set in Joyce's native Ireland, especially in Dublin. It deals with many Irish issues such as the quest for autonomy and the role of the Catholic church.
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1916 in literature | American Modern Library | Irish Literature | Irish fiction | James A. A. Joyce | James Joyce | List of books by title: P | Literary device | Literary technique | Modern Library | Stephen Daedalus | Stephen Dedalus
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