Essay Archive - Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is considered
to be one of the finest works of literature of all time. Herbert Gorman,
an author from the early twentieth century, stated that "so profound and
beautiful and convincing a book is part of the lasting literature of our
age," and with good reason. The main character of the novel, Stephen
Dedalus, is a complex and dynamic youth, and one who undergoes vast changes
during the course of his li....
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