A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man presents a non-linear compositional progression, characterised by continual fractures, bifurcations and revisions; the genetic dossier includes pre-compositional notes and works that were never published, such as Epiphanies, A Portrait of the Artist and Stephen Hero. The genetic analysis of this long process of writing, the documentation of which covers a period of around fourteen years, reveals not only how the Portrait was conceived and composed, but also Joyce's evolution as a writer from the very first evidence of his literary activity. This new perspective on Joyce's mode of composition opens the way to a range of potential interpretations of the individual texts, as well as methodological and theoretical insights regarding genetic criticism.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4484-7994
Book Title
The Ur-Portrait
Book Subtitle
Stephen Hero ed il processo di creazione artistica in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Authors
Ilaria Natali
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
188
Publication Year
2008
Copyright Information
© 2008 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-8453-909-0
ISBN Print
978-88-8453-908-3
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-8453-909-0
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-788-4
Series Title
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Series ISSN
2612-8039
Series E-ISSN
2612-8020