What is A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
{{italictitle}} '''''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''''' is a [[novel]] written by the [[Irish people|Irish]] writer [[James Joyce]]. It was first printed as a book in 1916. It tells the story of Stephen Dedalus, a young man who is trying to be a writer in [[Dublin]]. The story begins from his childhood and ends with him deciding to go to Paris and leave Dublin, his hometown, to become a writer. The book is written in a new style of writing called [[Stream of consciousness writing|stream of consciousness]]. Therefore, the beginning of the book is very simple while the later parts become less simple. It shows how, when a person grows up, the language he or she uses becomes more and more complex. == Other websites == {{wikisource}} {{wikiquote-en}} * {{gutenberg|no=4217|name=A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man}} * [http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rac101/concord/texts/paym/ Searchable, self-referential edition of ''Portrait'', with concordance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131054904/http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rac101/concord/texts/paym/ |date=2010-01-31 }} * [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/portraitartist/ SparkNotes study guide] * [http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/portrait_artist_young_man/ The Literature Network] * [http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/29/62/frameset.html Bibliomania] * [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=546450 Google Earth Placeset for ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201113708/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=546450 |date=2008-02-01 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, A}} [[Category:Works of James Joyce]] [[Category:1910s books]] [[Category:Irish novels]] [[Category:1916 works]]