A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce P/B

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Paperback edition published by Oxford University in 2000. \n\nThis novel by James Joyce shocked contemporary readers on its \npublication in 1916. The book's treatment of the minutiae of daily life \nwas found indecorous and its central character unappealing. Was it art \nor was it filth? The novel charts the intellectual, moral and sexual \ndevelopment of Stephen Dedalus, from his childhood listening to his \nfather's stories through his schooldays and adolescence to the brink of \nadulthood and independence and his awakening as an artist. Growing up in\n a Catholic family in Dublin in the final years of the 19th century, \nStephen's consciousness is forged by Irish history and politics, by \nCatholicism and culture, language and art. The story of Stephen mirrors \nthat of Joyce himself.\nThis is a study edition with an introduction and notes by Jeri Johnson.\nExcellent general condition. Pages just starting to yellowr