A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man[一个青年艺术家的画像]

PerhapsJoyce'smostpersonalwork,APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMandepictstheintellectualawakeningofoneofliterature'smostmemorableyoungheroes,StephenDedalus.Throughaseriesofbrilliantepiphaniesthatparallelthedevelopmentofhisownaestheticconsciousness,JoyceevokesStephen'syouth,fromhisimpressionableyearsastheyoungeststudentattheClongowedWoodschooltothedeepreligiousconflictheexperiencesatadayschoolinDublin,andfinallytohiscollegestudieswherehechallengestheconventionsofhisupbringingandhisunderstandingoffaithandintellectualfreedom.JamesJoyce'shighlyautobiographicalnovelwasfirstpublishedintheUnitedStatesin1916toimmediateacclaim.EzraPoundaccuratelypredictedthatJoyce'sbookwould"remainapermanentpartofEnglishliterature,"whileH.G.Wellsdubbedit"byfarthemostimportantlivingandconvincingpicturethatexistsofanIrishCatholicupbringing."Aremarkablyrichstudyofadevelopingyoungmind,APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungManmadeanindeliblemarkonliteratureandconfirmedJoyce'sreputationasoneoftheworld'sgreatestandlastingwriters.