A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man |
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Author:
| Joyce, James |
Series title: | Urban Romantics Classic Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-907832-39-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
Publisher: | Max Bollinger
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Imprint: | Urban Romantics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Set in Joyce's native Ireland, the story follows life of a young man Stephen and his transformation from child to artist. In five chapters, we are taken through Stephen's early childhood in Ireland and confinement at boarding school, his dalliances with theatre and hiring prostitutes, his retreat from sensory excess into religious devotion, his retreat from religious devotion into aesthetic, ascetic excess, and, ultimately, his retreat from Ireland and fellowship in favour of destiny.
Set in Joyce's native Ireland, the story follows life of a young man Stephen and his transformation from child to artist. In five chapters, we are taken through Stephen's early childhood in Ireland and confinement at boarding school, his dalliances with theatre and hiring prostitutes, his retreat from sensory excess into religious devotion, his retreat from religious devotion into aesthetic, ascetic excess, and, ultimately, his retreat from Ireland and fellowship in favour of destiny.