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Essay Archive - A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man: Themes Developed Through Allusions to Classical Mythology
A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man: Themes Developed Through Allusions to
Classical Mythology
James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel of
complex themes developed through frequent allusions to classical mythology. The
myth of Daedalus and Icarus serves as a structuring element in the novel,
uniting the central themes of individual rebellion and discovery, producing a
work of literature that illuminates the motivations of an artist, and the
development of his indi....
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