A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by James Joyce

$40 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

Genuine green leather boards with hubbed spine, 22Kt gold decorative stamped front and back cover. Silk moire endpapers, full gilt text block, with satin ribbon marker. Smyth-sewn binding and archival paper. No condition issues present; as new. This work, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" was the second book and first novel by Irish writer, James Joyce. Written in the Modernist style, it traces the religious and intellectual awakening of Young Steven Dedalus, Joyce's fictional alter ego. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish coventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe. Introduction by Hugh Kenner, Illustrated by Brian Keogh.

• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Year: 1977
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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