A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (Naxos AudioBooks)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9626343664 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 7 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said The shy sibling. More on this later, perhaps, but here's a possible key. The body, the mind, the heart, and the soul are all siblings. The body speaks first with its hunger and longings and fears. The mind and the heart arrive soon after, and start a battle that dominates most of our life. Love, politics, religion, education, family - the nets. The soul is the last born and has the smallest voice (see Elijah in the cave), and is drowned out by all the other voices. Only by silencing those other voices - arresting them through the aesthetic experience - can the timid little sister peak out her head to be hear. Worth 3 stars in today’s context of novels but given 5 stars because of its classic value. I first read this book in 195Worth 3 stars in today’s context of novels but given 5 stars because of its classic value. D. Meyer I first read this book in 1954 during my first year of college (yes, I am that old). I did not understand it. I just finished my second reading of the book last week and (gasp!), I understand it! I even understand why I did not understand it when I was younger and I also understand why many young people today would not understand it. Ok, enough of that repetition. Here is what I think.English professors should prep their students before assigning this type book to read. They have to understand what Joyce was trying to achieve in this book and the times Joyce lived in. Today, this can be done. during my first year of college (yes, I am that old). I did not understand it. I just finished my second reading of the book last week and (gasp!), I understand it! I even understand why I did not understand it when I was younger and I also understand why many young people today would not understand it. Ok, enough of that repetition. Here is what I think.English professors should prep their students before assigning this type book to read. They have to understand what Joyce was trying to achieve in this book and the times Joyce lived in. Today, this can be done. "A wonderful book; please read it." according to Mark Mosca. The greatest writer of Fiction in English,period. Precedes "Ulysses", his and our greatest Novel,but it is simpler and more accessible, but not less profound. My recommendation to the newcomer to J. Joyce is to start with "Dubliners",his first book. It is a small collection of short stories about Dublin in and around 1900. Each is brilliant, meticuously local to time and place, and at the same time, universal. The final story, "The Dead,"will stun you, move you. You may never forget.
This fictionalised portrait of Joyce1s youth is one of the most vivid accounts of the growth from childhood to adulthood. Read unabridged by the incomparable Joyce expert, Jim Norton.. Dublin at the turn of the century provides the backdrop as Stephen Dedalus moves from town and society, towards the irrevocable decision to leave. It was the decision made by Joyce himself which resulted in the mature novels of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul.” –Richard Ellmann“One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.” –H. Wells“Mr. Joyce is concerned at all costs to reveal the flickerings of that innermost flame which flashes its myriad message through the brain, he disregards with complete courage whatever seems to him adventitious, though it be probability or coherence or any other of the handrails to which we cling for support when we set our imaginations free.” –Virginia Woolf“A Portrait of the Artist as a Y