Discover James Joyce's impressionistic portrait of a young man finding his artistic voice in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, reissued to coincide with 100 years since the first publication of his epic masterpiece, Ulysses EDITED BY HANS WALTER GABLER; WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY DR DIETER FUCHS AND JOSEPH O'CONNORAgainst the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing its powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports into shackles; until the young man devotes himself to the celebration of beauty, and reaches for independence and the life of an artist.
ISBN: | 9780099573159 |
Publisher: | Random House |
Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
Published date: | 06 Dec 2012 |
DEWEY: | 823.912 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 249 |
Weight: | 232g |
Height: | 196mm |
Width: | 131mm |
Spine width: | 19mm |