num_pages: 576
description: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays Stephen Dedalus’s Dublin childhood and youth, providing an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce. At its center are questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Exuberantly inventive, this coming-of-age story is a tour de force of style and technique. 
language: English
title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Text, Criticism & Notes
titlecomplete: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Text, Criticism & Notes
characters: Fr. John Conmee, Mary Dedalus, Simon Dedalus, Stephen Dedalus
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Ireland, School, Classic Literature, Irish Literature, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 148058
places: Ireland, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare
publisher: Penguin