{"product_id":"a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-and-dubliners","title":"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Widely regarded as the greatest stylist of twentieth-century English literature, \u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e deserves the term \"revolutionary.\" His literary experiments in form and structure, language and content, signaled the modernist movement and continue to influence writers today. His two earliest, and perhaps most accessible, successes--\u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e--are here brought together in one volume. Both works reflect Joyce's lifelong love-hate relationship with Dublin and the Irish culture that formed him. \u003cp\u003eIn the semi-autobiographical \u003ci\u003ePortrait\u003c\/i\u003e, young Stephen Dedalus yearns to be an artist, but first must struggle against the forces of church, school, and society, which fetter his imagination and stifle his soul. The book's inventive style is apparent from its opening pages, a record of an infant's impressions of the world around him--and one of the first examples of the \"stream of consciousness\" technique. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising fifteen stories, \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e presents a community of mesmerizing, humorous, and haunting characters--a group portrait. The interactions among them form one long meditation on the human condition, culminating with \"The Dead,\" one of Joyce's most graceful compositions centering around a character's epiphany. A carefully woven tapestry of Dublin life at the turn of the last century, \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e realizes Joyce's ambition to give his countrymen \"one good look at themselves.\" \u003cb\u003eKevin J. H. Dettmar\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the author or editor of a half-dozen books on James Joyce, modernist literature, and rock music. He is currently finishing a term as President of the Modernist Studies Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48306900173055,"sku":"*R0082884*","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/5251653482755.jpg?v=1774019616","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-and-dubliners","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}