description: Joyce's semi-autobiographical chronicle of Stephen Dedalus' passage from university student to "independent" artist is at once a richly detailed, amusing, and moving coming-of-age story, a tour de force of style and technique, and a profound examination of the Irish psyche and society.
language: English
title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
titlecomplete: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
characters: Stephen Dedalus, Mary Dedalus, Fr. John Conmee, Simon Dedalus
genres: Classics, Ireland, Irish Literature, Novels, School, Classic Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 148057
places: Ireland, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare
publisher: Viking Adult