| A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Contributor(s): Joyce, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1519207840 ISBN-13: 9781519207845 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.76 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 70600 Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A novel written in Joyce's characteristic free indirect speech style, A Portrait is a major example of the K nstlerroman (an artist's Bildungsroman) in English literature. Joyce's novel traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions with which he has been raised. He finally leaves for abroad to pursue his ambitions as an artist. The work is an early example of some of Joyce's modernist techniques that would later be represented in a more developed manner by Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. The novel, which has had a "huge influence on novelists across the world," was ranked by Modern Library as the third greatest English-language novel of the 20th century. |