A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
By (author): "J.M. Synge, Jonathan Mulrooney, Pericles Lewis, Marian Eide, Joseph Valente, Bonnie Kime Scott, Maud Ellmann, Karen Lawrence, Hélène Cixous, Hugh Kenner, Umberto Eco, Kenneth Burke, Douglas Hyde, Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Giovanni Pietro Pinamont, Ignatius of Loyola, Pá"
Publish Date:
1916
ISBN0393926796
ISBN139780393926798
AsinA Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
CharactersStephen Dedalus, Simon Dedalus, Fr. John Conmee, Mary Dedalus
Original titleA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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.