num_pages: 490
description: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is one of the twentieth century’s great coming-of-age novels. This Norton Critical Edition is based on Hans Gabler’s acclaimed text and is accompanied by his introduction and textual notes. John Paul Riquelme provides detailed explanatory annotations. “Backgrounds and Contexts” is thematically organized to provide readers with a clear picture of the novel’s historical, cultural, and literary inspirations. Topics include “Political Nationalism: Irish History, 1798-1916,” “The Irish Literary and Cultural Revival,” “Religion,” and “Aesthetic Backgrounds.” “Criticism” begins with John Paul Riquelme’s helpful essay on the novel’s structural form and follows with twelve diverse interpretations by, among others, Kenneth Burke, Umberto Eco, Hugh Kenner, Maud Ellmann, Joseph Valente, and Marian Eide. A Selected Bibliography is also included.
language: English
title: A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
titlecomplete: A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
characters: Simon Dedalus, Mary Dedalus, Fr. John Conmee, Stephen Dedalus
genres: 20th Century, Ireland, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Irish Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 148056
places: Ireland, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company