A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a modernist novel tracing the intellectual and spiritual development of Stephen Dedalus, widely regarded as James Joyce’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bildungsroman
modernist novel
novel
adaptationOf Stephen Hero
author James Joyce
centralConflict tension between religious duty and artistic vocation
considered one of the most important modernist novels
countryOfOrigin Ireland
criticalReception widely acclaimed
featuresCharacter Cranly
Emma Clery
Father Dolan
Simon Dedalus
firstEditionFormat book
firstSerialized The Egoist
followedBy Ulysses
genre autobiographical novel
coming-of-age novel
influencedWork modernist fiction
inspiredBy James Joyce’s own youth
literaryMovement modernism
mainCharacter Stephen Dedalus
narrativePerspective third-person limited
narrativeTechnique stream of consciousness
notableFor innovative prose style
psychological depth
originalLanguage English
placeOfFirstPublication New York City
protagonist Stephen Dedalus
publicationYear 1916
publisherFirstBookEdition B. W. Huebsch
semiAutobiographicalCharacter Stephen Dedalus
serializationEndYear 1915
serializationStartYear 1914
setInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
setting Belvedere College
Clongowes Wood College
Dublin
University College Dublin
sharesCharacterWith Ulysses
structure five chapters
theme Irish nationalism
artistic development
identity formation
individualism
rebellion against authority
religion and spirituality

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James Joyce notableWork A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Stephen Dedalus appearsIn A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Stephen Dedalus firstAppearance A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Simon Dedalus appearsIn A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Simon Dedalus firstAppearance A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Haines relatedWork A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
this entity surface form: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (indirectly via Stephen Dedalus)
Hans Walter Gabler hasEdited A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
statue of James Joyce subjectNotableWork A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
subject surface form: Statue of James Joyce in Trieste
Exiles followsInOeuvre A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Clongowes Wood College appearsIn A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man