History Literature / APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan

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The novel was published in serialized form from 1914 to 1915, then collected in book form in 1916. The story started life as a novel to be called ''Literature/Stephen Hero, which Joyce was working on from 1904 to 1906. Joyce was not satisfied with the earlier work, and re-wrote it from page one after ''Literature/{{Dubliners}}'' was published. ''Stephen Hero'' only exists in incomplete form, but it was published in 1944, following the author's death.

The novel was published in serialized form from 1914 to 1915, then collected in book form in 1916. The story started life as a novel to be called "Stephen Hero", which Joyce was working on from 1904 to 1906. Joyce was not satisfied with the earlier work, and re-wrote it from page one after ''Literature/{{Dubliners}}'' was published. The "Stephen Hero" version of the novel was published in 1944, following the author's death.

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: In the first line, no less.
-->Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo....

* OnceUponATime: See the entry for EverythingsBetterWithCows.

A mostly autobiographical novel by Creator/JamesJoyce, centred on a young Irishman, Stephen Dedalus, and his struggle to express himself. [[ComingOfAgeStory The story takes us from his early life as a boy through his relationship with the church and with the institutions of Irish society in general, to his becoming a young adult.]] The crux of the plot is Dedalus' struggle with his autonomy against the wishes of the Roman Catholic Church.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Stephen regains his religion after hearing a [[StealthPun firey]] sermon about this very topic.

* SadistTeacher: Most of them, but especially Father Dolan, who beats the hell out of Stephen's hand after refusing to believe that Stephen's glasses were broken by accident. Averted in Clongowes' rector, who is kind enough to help Stephen after he's unfairly punished.

* DinnerAndAShow: The Dedaluses' Christmas dinner early in the novel, soon degenerates into an angry debate about Charles Stewart Parnell[[note]]MP who had almost gotten an Irish home-rule bill passed in the 1880s until he was brought down by a sex scandal[[/note]] and the role of the Catholic Church in Irish politics between Stephen's father and his aunt.

The novel was published in serialized form from 1914 to 1915. Then collected in book form in 1916. The story started life as a novel to be called "Stephen Hero", which Joyce was working on from 1904 to 1906. Joyce was not satisfied with the earlier work, and re-wrote it from page one after ''Literature/{{Dubliners}}'' was published. The "Stephen Hero" version of the novel was published in 1944, following the author's death.

* UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}

* UsefulNotes/IrishPoliticalSystem: The IrishParliamentaryParty and CharlesStuartParnell (and his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stuart_Parnell#Divorce_crisis divorce crisis]] and death) figure prominently in the first chapter of the story, and is referenced continually later on.

* [[InnerMonologue Stream Of Consciousness]]: Deconstructed. The book starts in the third person and stays that way almost until the end, when it takes the form of Stephen's diary.
* WhatTheHellDad: Stephen has a lot of issues with his profligate father.

* SadistTeacher: Most of them, but especially Father Dolan, who beats the hell out of Stephen's hand after refusing to believe that Stephen's glasses were broken. Averted in Clongowes' rector, who is kind enough to help Stephen after he's unfairly punished.

* {{Determinator}}

* SadistTeacher: Most of them. Averted in Clongowes' rector, who is kind enough to help Stephen after he's unfairly punished.

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage

* [[InnerMonologue Stream Of Consciousness]]: The entire book.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: It was either this or visiting a prostitute (or both at different points in the novel). He's rather vague about the specifics.

A mostly autobiographical novel by Creator/JamesJoyce. It deals with Stephen Dedalus' struggle to express himself. [[ComingOfAgeStory The story takes us from his early life as a boy to his struggles with the Church, and Irish society in general, as a young adult.]] The crux of the plot is Dedalus' struggle with his autonomy against the wishes of the Roman Catholic Church.

A mostly autobiographical novel by Creator/JamesJoyce, written in stream-of-consciousness style. It deals with Stephen Dedalus' struggle to express himself. [[ComingOfAgeStory The story takes us from his early life as a boy to his struggles with the Church, and Irish society in general, as a young adult.]] The crux of the plot is Dedalus' struggle with his autonomy against the wishes of the Roman Catholic Church.

* EvilSmellsBad: When Stephen goes to a sermon, the priest gives a sermon/rant about the horrors of hell, such as the eternal smell of decaying corpses.

* MultipleNarrativeModes: The book is almost entirely told in the third person, but lapses into first-person diary entries at the very end.

* NoPlaceForAJuvenile: The school system in general.

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* EvilSmellsBad: When Stephen goes to a sermon, the priest gives a sermon/rant about the horrors of hell, such as the eternal smell of decaying corpses.

* TheDeterminator

* StreamOfConsciousness: The entire book.

* HoYay: Stephen/Cranly. Consider the following
-->Cranly seized his arm and steered him round so as to head back...he laughed almost slily and pressed Stephen's arm with an elder's affection.
-->--Cunning indeed! he said. Is it you? You poor poet, you!
-->--And you made me confess to you, Stephen said, thrilled by his touch, as I have confessed to you so many other things, have I not?
-->--Yes, my child, Cranly said, still gaily.
** And a bit later:
-->Cranly, grave now, slowed his pace and said:
-->--Alone...you know what that word means? Not only to be separate...but to have not even one friend.
-->--I will take the risk, said Stephen.
-->-- And not to have any one person, Cranly said, who would be more than a friend, more even than the noblest and truest friend a man ever had.
--> His words seemed to have struck some deep chord in his own nature. Had he spoken of himself, of himself as he was or wished to be? Stephen watched his face for some moments in silence. A cold sadness was there. He had spoken of himself, of his own loneliness which he feared.
-->--Of whom are you speaking? Stephen asked at length.
--> Cranly did not answer.
** Very early in the story, the boys at Stephen's school discuss classmates who have run away after being 'caught', and are to be brought back and punished. What were they doing? Speculation runs rampant until one fellow shuts them up grimly: "Smugging. And that's why." (Irish for snogging). It's also implied that the teacher who will cane the miscreants will not flog them very hard because he too is gay -- but this incident also sets off a shitstorm of [[ATasteOfTheLash preventative maintenance]] by obsessed cleric Father Dolan, who may be sublimating PedophilePriest desires. ([[http://books.google.com/books?id=OB7LZ3xK5aAC&pg=PA144&dq=%2Bsmugging+and+that%27s+why&hl=en&ei=k2CvTZb8J5H0swPPz-GSAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false For more discussion of HoYay in ''Portrait'', click here.]])

* ADateWithRosiePalms: It was either this or visiting a prostitute.

* FearOfThunder

* HaveAGayOldTime: Early on in the first chapter, the narrator describes a washbasin with "cocks with printing on it", which is "queer".

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* UsefulNotes/IrishPoliticalSystem: The IrishParliamentaryParty and CharlesStuartParnell (and his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stuart_Parnell#Divorce_crisis divorce crisis]] and death) figure prominently in the first few episodes of the story.

* SadistTeacher
* StreamOfConsciousness

The novel was published in serialized form from 1914 to 1915. Then collected in book form in 1916. The story started life as a novel to be called "Stephen Hero", which Joyce was working on from 1904 to 1906. Joyce was not satisfied with the earlier work, and re-wrote it from page one after ''{{Dubliners}}'' was published. The "Stephen Hero" version of the novel was published in 1944, following the author's death.