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-Titulo Original : A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (norton Critical Editions)

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W. W. Norton & Company

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About the Author James Joyce was one of innovators of postmodernism. He is widely considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Born in Dublin, James Joyce (1882-1941) was a modernist and proponent of the stream-of-consciousness writing style and is widely considered one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His works feature primarily Dublin figures such as in the short story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).John Paul Riquelme is Professor of English at Boston University. He is the author of Teller and Tale in Joyce’s Fiction: Oscillating Perspectives and Harmony of Dissonances: T.S. Eliot, Romanticism, and Imagination. His edited works include Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Dracula, Joyce’s Dislocutions: Essays on Reading as Translation, and Gothic and Modernism: Essaying Dark Literary Modernity. “This richly filled Norton Critical Edition contains a reliably edited and annotated text of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; extracts from some of Joyce’s other works; historical, religious, aesthetic, and literary writings from the novel’s time period; and recent critical essays that consider the novel from a wide range of positions and approaches. This edition is sure to be welcomed by instructors, students, and readers of all kinds.” Michael Groden, Western University, Canada This Norton Critical Edition includes: Hans Walter Gabler’s acclaimed text of Joyce’s 1916 coming-of-age novel, accompanied by Gabler’s introduction and textual notes. Preface and revised and expanded explanatory annotations by John Paul Riquelme. Other writings by James Joyce closely related to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, new to the Second Edition. Nine illustrations. “Backgrounds and Contexts,” including a wealth of materials, topically organized: “Political Nationalism: Irish History, 1798-1916,” “The Irish Literary and Cultural Revival,” “Religion,” and “Aesthetic Backgrounds.” Twelve major critical assessments, seven of them new to the Second Edition. A selected bibliography. About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format annotated text, contexts, and criticism helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need. “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a work essential to a complete understanding of the Modernist movement. The Norton Critical Edition presents Joyce’s novel impeccably edited by Hans Walter Gabler and a series of background and critical essays astutely chosen by John Paul Riquelme. It will enhance any high school, college, or graduate course in which it is taught.” Michael Patrick Gillespie, Florida International University