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WithanIntroductionandNotesbyDr.JacquelineBelanger,UniversityofCardiffAPortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManrepresentsthetransitionalstagebetweentherealismofJoyce'sDublinersandthesymbolismofUlysses,andisessentialtotheunderstandingofthelaterwork.ThenovelisahighlyautobiographicalaccountoftheadolescenceofStephenDedalus,whoreappearsinUlysses,andwhocomestorealizethatbeforehecanbecomeatrueartist,hemustridhimselfofthestultifyingeffectsofthereligion,politicsandessentialbigotryofhisbackgroundinlate19thcenturyIreland.Writtenwithalighttouch,thisisperhapsthemostaccessibleofJoyce'sworks.