- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics (Jun 25 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140186832
- ISBN-13: 978-0140186833
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (190 customer reviews)
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#1,813,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( J ) > Joyce, James
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A masterpiece of subjectivity, a fictionalized memoir, a coming-of-age prose-poem, this brilliant novella introduces Joyce's alter ego, Stephen Daedelus, the hero of Ulysses, and begins the narrative experimentation that would help change the concept of literary narrative forever. It describes Stephen's formative years in Dublin; as Stephen matures, so does the writing, until it sparkles with clarity. The style presents numerous, almost insurmountable, problems for the oral interpreter, particularly one with the limited vocal range of John Lynch. But Lynch pays no attention to the problems. Instead, he identifies so completely with Daedelus, throws himself so lustily into the book, that it is as if the passionate young artist himself is bursting out of your speakers. Y.R. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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handsome new editions . . . . eminently readable with good, clear typefaces and text unencumbered by note numbers
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best edition of "A Portrait",
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This review is from: Viking Critical Library Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (Paperback)
Depending on one's taste and level of concentration, James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is either tedious flop or a wonderful cornerstone of world literature. (I believe the latter.) I won't go into a discussion of "A Portrait" here because if you are looking at this particular Viking Critical edition, you've already committed yourself to reading it. The value of this edition lies in the critical essays and notes at the end. The notes will help the reader along, as they explain some of the terms and/or conditions that are particular to Joyce's Ireland. The essays are, each and every one, valuable tools. Whether it's an examination of Joyce's life, the creation of "A Portrait", the influences it would have, etc., every essay is a heavy-weight that enchances an understanding of the book. (At least it did for me.) If you're seriously considering reading "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" this is the edition to use.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hooked by the first line...,
By Zeeshan Hasan (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Penguin Classics Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (Paperback)
The best first line every written in any novel. Read it and see. =)
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What are the rest of you reviewers talking about?,
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This review is from: Penguin Classics Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (Paperback)
How could James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man not receive a single rating of five in all of these reviews? I dare all of you to read the book again and find other words besides "dull," which it isn't, and "thick," by which you might have meant "layered," in order to describe this masterpiece I see as certainly on par with Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.
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