Emma Clery
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Emma Clery is a minor yet symbolically important figure in James Joyce’s novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," representing Stephen Dedalus’s youthful idealization of romantic love and feminine beauty.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | idealized schoolgirl figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Stephen Dedalus series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| importance | minor but symbolically significant character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedTheme |
Catholic notions of purity
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aesthetic idealization ⓘ ideal versus real love ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist literature ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies Stephen’s early concept of the ideal woman ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| perceivedBy |
Stephen Dedalus as romantically unattainable
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Stephen Dedalus as spiritually pure ⓘ |
| publicationContext | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man first published in 1916 ⓘ |
| represents |
feminine beauty
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romantic idealization ⓘ youthful love ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
catalyst for Stephen’s reflections on love and purity
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object of Stephen Dedalus’s adolescent infatuation ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
idealized beloved
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muse-like figure for Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| workSetting | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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